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Fact or FictionMarch 2018
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Objectives
• Dispel inaccurate information
• Reinforce accurate information
• Provide resources that support
best practice
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Fact or Fiction
Bubble Bum is the only foldable/deflatable backless
booster
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Fiction
http://www.mifold.com/home
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Fact or Fiction
You can never use an aftermarket
mat under your car seat unless it was
made by the manufacturer of your car
seat and specifically approved for use
with that seat.
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FictionSome manufacturers
do allow use of a mat,
even if they didn't make
it.
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Fact or Fiction
“Infant-thingy” is the technical term for a car seat part.
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Fact
Clek infant insert for the
Foonf and Fllo is called an
infant-thingy.
http://clekinc.com/infant_thingy/
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Fact or Fiction
A wet seat can affect the
performance of a front passenger
seat sensing system for the air bag.
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FactIn some of the newer vehicles, the occupant protections
systems may be affected by a liquid that has soaked in to
the seat which may result in turning off the passenger air
bag. If this happens:
• Off indicator will be lit
• Air bag readiness light will also be lit
Liquid pooled on the seat that hasn’t soaked in:
• May enable or turn on the passenger air bag while a
CRS or child occupant is on the seat
• If the passenger air bag is turned on, the on indicator
will be lit
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Fact
Source:
2015
Chevrolet
Equinox
owner’s
manual
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Fact or Fiction
Rear-facing car seats can touch the back
of the driver or passenger’s seat.
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Fact & Fiction
• Check with the CR manufacturer. Many do allow the
CR to touch the front seats.
• Some don’t! EX: Evenflo RFOs require 1.5 inches of
space
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https://uppababy.com/faq/mesa/
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Fact or Fiction
The Manufacturers Alliance for Child Passenger
Safety’s (MACPS) researches issues that affect
car seats and develops harmonized statements to
help guide technicians.
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Fact
These statements may include information that is not always printed in the CRS owner’s manual.
EXAMPLES
• Expiration Dates
• Accessories/Non-Regulated Products
• Recline Angle Indicators
• Switchable Retractor and Belt-Positioning Boosters
• Car Seats Gate-Checked or Checked as Luggage
MACPS at Safe
Ride News
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Fact or Fiction
A rear face tether can be used in vehicles
as long as it is attached to a non-movable
structure.
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Fiction
2015 Chrysler 200
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Fact or Fiction
You can put a tightly rolled towel under the
back of a BPB.
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Fact – If the manual says you can.
In this case, Canadian models only.
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Fact or Fiction
There is a car seat that converts to a
stroller.
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Fact
• Doona (Simple Parenting)
• RFO
• 4 to 35 lbs.
• 32 inches or less
• Handle is anti-rebound
bar
• Base has lock offs
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Fact or Fiction
Shoulder belts are always routed under the
arm of a booster.
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Fiction
The Dorel Topside routes the shoulder belt
OVER the booster arm.
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Fact or Fiction
Car seats can be used fully reclined for kids
to sleep (outside the car).
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Fact
• Cybex: Aton Cloud Q
• RFO
• 4 to 35 lbs.
• 30 inches or less
• Converts to a full-
recline position
outside of the car.
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Cybex: Aton Cloud Q
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Kiddy Evolution Pro 2
• Lie-flat function inside and
outside the car
• 4 up to 22 lbs; Pro 2 XL 4-35
lbs.
• Newborn inlay used to 6
months
• Special insert for premature
babies (accessory)
• European Belt Path
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Lie Flat Function
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAbcDitH5D8
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Fact or Fiction
Crotch rolls and receiving blankets may be
used within car seats.
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Fact & Fiction
Though it is commonly acceptable, not always!
Tip: Visit manufacturer FAQs on their websites
EX: Britax- https://us.britax.com/faqs/infant-car-seats/
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Fact or Fiction
A label is required for car seats with internal
harnesses for which the combined weight of
the car seat and the maximum recommended
child weight exceeds 65 lbs.
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Fact
Do not use the lower anchors of the child restraint anchorage system
(LATCH system) to attach this child restraint when restraining a child weighing
more than * with the internal harnesses of the child restraint.
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No math is required.
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Fact or Fiction
Car seats are approved for installation
with inflatable seat belts.
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Fact & Fiction
https://us.britax.com/service-support/inflatable-
seat-belt-policy/37
Check with the manufacturer. Sometimes it is approved,
sometimes not.
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Chicco Next Fit manual
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Fact or Fiction
If your seat came with harness strap covers,
you might not be able to use them.
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Fact
For at least 1 seat, anyway. Graco
Extend2Fit does not allow harness
strap covers to be used forward-
facing.
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Check the manual
• The Graco E2F 3-in-1
DOES does allow
harness covers to be
used FF. Does not say
to remove.
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Fact or Fiction
Car crash deaths are on the rise.
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Fact
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Fact or Fiction
Belt pretensioners are the same as lockoffs.
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Fiction
They may LOOK like a lockoff but are not
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EX:Cybex
Aton 2
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Must lock the
belt!
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Nuna
Pipa
Must lock the belt!
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Fact or Fiction
Ford is the only vehicle manufacturer
with inflatable seat belts.
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Fiction
In addition to Ford, Mercedes-Benz has an inflatable
belt that they call a “BeltBag”.
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Fact or Fiction
Lower anchor guides or guidance fixtures
may be used to make accessibility easier for
the caregiver.
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Fact
They can only be used for rigid anchors or mini-connectors.
Not to be used with hook attachments.
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Fact or Fiction
15 passenger vans require the same tire
pressures as passenger vehicles.
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Fiction
If tires are under inflated, they heat up and the tread
separates, exposing the rim which catches on road
launching the van in to a rollover.
57% of 15-passenger vans have at least one
significantly under-inflated tire.
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Fact or Fiction
Any federally approved vehicle equipped
with a seat belt is able to secure a child
restraint.
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Fiction
Always read the CR and vehicle manufacturer
instructions.
• Low speed vehicles (like golf carts) are not approved
by most CRS manufacturers.
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Fact or Fiction
Vehicle integrated car seats have
expiration dates.
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FictionIntegrated car seats usually
do not have an expiration
date because the (integrated
child restraints) are designed to
be used for the life of the
vehicle.
If an integrated child seat is
occupied during a crash, it may
need to be replaced. If a
harness is frayed or damaged
in some way, it should be
replaced. Contact the vehicle
manufacturer for more
information.
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Fact or Fiction
Vehicles are required when working with
an instructor or tech proxy for your seat
checks required for recertification.
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Fact Real vehicles are required when
working with an instructor or tech
proxy for your seat checks
required for recertification.
At the discretion of the instructor or
tech proxy, you can have a mock
scenario, but actual vehicles are
always required.
http://cert.safekids.org/i-am-a-
tech/recertification/seat-checks
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Fact or Fiction
Don’t use a lockoff if a button or folded
webbing from a seat belt interferes with
closing the lockoff.
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Fact In the event a button or folded webbing
interferes with a CR install, check the CR
manufacturers' instructions first.
You may be able to bypass the lockoff, use a
locking clip, switchable retractor, the locking
latch plate, or use the lower anchors instead of
the seat belt.
If none of these options work, try a different
seating position in the vehicle.
Most CR manufacturers will want the lockoff
closed so it doesn’t break - always consult the
CR instructions first.
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Evenflo
Lite Max,
2016
manual
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Fact or Fiction
Solid core pool noodles are better to
use than regular pool noodles (with a
hole in them) for an installation.
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Fiction
There are no standards on pool
noodles. Pool noodles vary in density
whether they have a core or not.
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Fiction
At least one manufacturer requires
solid core noodles.
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Fact or Fiction
Shelf liner is a must at car seat
inspections or events.
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Fiction
Avoid it.
You should be able to get a snug fit without
shelf liner, even on the squishiest of seats.
Shelf liner does not make the install any
more snug.
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Fact or Fiction
Level indicators are for assisting the
caregiver to get the correct angle for
rear-facing car seats only.
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Fiction
• Level indicators are
not limited to rear
facing only seats.
– Safety 1st Rumi has an
indicator line for forward
facing.
– EX: Chicco NextFit
(image) has angle
indicators for rear and
forward facing positions.
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Fact or Fiction
A small gap between the car seat and vehicle seat
back when installed is not a poor installation.
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Fact
Car seat designs may in fact not fit snugly against the
vehicle seat back. It may be an issue with the headrest
or contour of the vehicle seat.
For example, Britax in their FAQ section says that with
their Next Generation convertibles forward facing that
a small gap between the car seat and vehicle seat
back when installed is OK as long as it is a snug
installation.
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Fact or Fiction
You can always use a pool noodle or
rolled towel when using an adjustable
base of a rear-facing only seat.
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Fiction
Some manufacturers, such as Chicco, do not
want pool noodles used with their infant
bases or convertible car seats.
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Neither rolled
towels nor
noodles are
approved in
manual.(Chicco KeyFit30)
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Fact or Fiction
The instructor team pre-certification course
meeting is required for instructors and
instructor candidates.
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Fact and more…
It is required for the entire team including
course assistants.
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