Car Safety Overview

Once upon a time, babies were put in bassinets and popped on the back seat of the family car. Parents thought they were being extra careful if they slipped a seat belt around it! Road rules around the world are increasingly mandating longer use of child restraints to reduce chance of death and injury to our children in car accidents. Of course strengthening the child restraint laws is a good thing but it does present some challenges for families with more than 2 children under 7 years of age - specifically how do you fit 3 child restraints into your car? Here are a collection of pages that might help to solve this tricky problem.

• How to fit 3 or more car seats into a car? Describes the issues to consider when deciding if you need new car seats or a new car to fit 3 or more car seats.
• Which cars fit 3 or more car seats? Lists the cars in which 3 or more car seats could be fitted.
• Who can check car seat installations in Australia? Lists some of the organisations that can install, check or hire car seats in Australia