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Without a coat on, secure your child in their car seat.

In this case, we see that her cute and puffy coat created quite a lot of potentially harmful slack in the harness! Try it in Reverse

Take off your child’s coat, then buckle the child back into the car seat.

Unbuckle the child from the car seat without adjusting the harness.

Tighten the harness enough to remove all slack at the child’s collarbone.

Put the coat in question on your child.

We also see the way to wear that coat safely in the vehicle.Ī simple test can help decide if this coat is too bulky to go under the harness. Here’s a great visual of how loose the car seat’s harness could be in a crash with this coat on the child. Slack left in the harness when winter coat is removed This principle also applies to children riding in boosters and adults in seat belts. A loose harness, at best, means extra crash time on the child, and at worst, could mean ejection from the seat.

The harness can end up fitting to the thick coat, and in the event of a crash, all that extra air is forced out between the layers, leaving the harness too loose to protect a child. The more layers of padding or clothing between a child and the harness, the harder it is to properly fit the restraint to the child. Why is it Unsafe to Wear Some Coats in the Vehicle?įor your child’s car seat to offer the maximum protection in a crash, the harness or seat belt needs to be as close to the child as possible. Wrapping your kiddo in the warmest jacket possible seems the obvious way to stay warm but puffy coats are not the safest option when it comes to car seats and booster seats. With the winter days headed our way, we’d like to talk about staying warm and safe in the vehicle at the same time. Puffy winter coats and car seats don’t mix