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Get a [professional] helping hand on installing your car seat
Follow our step-by-step instructions on installing a rear-facing car seat. Once you've done your best to install your seat, pay a visit to a certified CPS technician for a once-over. A technician will determine if and how the seat fits your vehicle and your child, check to make sure that the product has not been recalled, and—most important—make sure you know how to correctly install it by yourself.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Web site (www.nhtsa.dot.gov) maintains a ZIP-code directory of institutions and individuals qualified to provide free child-passenger safety checkups. You can also contact the following organizations directly:
- DaimlerChrysler Fit for a Kid, 877-FIT-4-AKID; www.fitforakid.org
- National Safe Kids Campaign, 800-441-1888, www.safekids.org
- International Association of Chiefs of Police, 1-800-THE-IACP
- Boost America, 866-BOOST-KID, www.boostamerica.org
