1) Each child must be in a car seat sized according to the child’s height and weight.
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2) Infants and children 13 years of age and under should travel in the back seat and be appropriately restrained.
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3) Infants should ride facing the back of the car until they are at least one year of age and weigh 20 pounds.
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4) Children over one year of age and 20 pounds may face forward.
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5) Teach your child how to cross the street safely.
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6) Cross at the corner unless there is some obstruction that exists.
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7) Know what a running car looks like (back up lights, parking lights, turn signals.)
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8) Before crossing look left, then right, then left.
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9) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - The most up to date information on carseats. Contains information not only on what carseats are available.
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