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Forward-facing car seat

A child restraint facing the vehicle front that uses an internal harness, often with a top tether, after rear-facing limits are outgrown.

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Car seat and seat belt rules by age US

Car seat and seat belt rules by age US

Age is a guide, not the only rule U.S. child passenger safety guidance is best understood as a sequence of restraint stages rather than a rigid birthday schedule. Age provides a useful developmental framework, but the transition from one stage to the next should usually occur only when the child outgrows the current seat according […]