Child Passenger Safety
Basics
of Child Restraint Selection
Properly used child restraints and seat belts provide very good protection to children. Providing this protection to children in crashes requires three important steps: restraint selection, harnessing and installation.
- North Carolina Child Passenger Safety Resource Center
- Information about North Carolina occupant restraint laws as well as tips for choosing and using child occupant protection.
- National Child Passenger Safety Board
- Provides program direction and technical guidance to states, communities and organizations as a means to maintain a credible, standardized child passenger training and certification program.
- Child Restraint Recalls
- Information on recalls includes links to additional sources of information and lists of seats under recall. Users of this information can sign up for notification of updates via email.
- The LATCH System
- The intent of LATCH - Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children - is to simplify child restraint installation and thus help to protect children by keeping child restraints more secure in vehicles.
- NC Child Passenger Safety Law
- Includes an overview of North Carolina’s child passenger safety law, including a series of common questions and the difference in the law and safety recommendations.
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