The safety seat should adapt well both to the car and the seat that are used to transport the child. Purchase a safety seat from a dealer that can provide you with comprehensive installing instruc-tions. Always install and secure the safety seat in the car, even if no child is using the seat at the time. An unsecured safety seat is lethal.    
 
A safety seat is recommended to be dis-carded, if it has been subjected to great strain or it has been otherwise damaged or found inadequate in some way.   

After safety seat

After the safety seat, a child will use a seatbelt with a combination seat or a booster seat. The hip strap is adjusted snug and the upper strap will run over the shoulder. In this manner, especially

A ten-year-old child can use a seatbelt in the same way as adults do.

Not in the lap

It is dangerous to transport a child in one’s lap. In a case of collision, if a child is in the lap of someone without a seatbelt, the child is pinned between the car interior and the person holding him/her. If the child uses the same seatbelt as the person holding the child, the child is caught between the seatbelt and the person holding him/her.    

If the child sits in the lap of a person who is using a seatbelt, that person will not be able to hold the child steady. Collision tests showed that an adult was not able to hold a dummy - which weighted 8 kg - in one’s lap as the collision took place while travelling 24 km/h.