New car seat guidelines were released yesterday. According to update advice from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, children should ride in rear-facing car seats until they are two years old, instead of one. Both organizations – in separate but consistent reports – also said that older children who’ve outgrown front-facing car seats should ride in booster seats until the car’s seatbelt fits them properly. Also recommended is that children younger than 13 should ride in the back seat. The new guidelines are based on evidence from crashes. According to data, one-year-olds are five times less likely to be injured in a crash if they are in a rear-facing car seat than a forward-facing seat. And poorly fitting seat belts on older children can cause abdominal and spine injuries in a crash.
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