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• Checklist

In car checklist

• Fit it properly every time. It’s no good if you don’t.

• Take time to get the child comfortably strapped in.

• Make sure the adult seatbelt passes through all the correct seat guides.

• Never modify the seat or adult seatbelt to make it fit.

• The child seat must be tight in the adult seat.

• The adult seatbelt buckle should not be bent over or rest on the child seat frame.

• Never fit a rear-facing seat with an active airbag in front of it.