Wherever you install it, be sure to secure the childrestraint properly.Keep in mind that an unsecured child restraint can movearound in a collision or sudden stop and injure people inthe vehicle. Be sure to properly secure any child restraintin your vehicle – even when no child is in it.Top StrapSome child restraints have a top strap, or “top tether.”It can help restrain the child restraint during a collision.For it to work, a top strap must be properly anchoredto the vehicle. Some top strap-equipped child restraintsare designed for use with or without the top strapbeing anchored. Others require the top strap always tobe anchored. Be sure to read and follow theinstructions for your child restraint. If yours requires thatthe top strap be anchored, don’t use the restraintunless it is anchored properly.If the child restraint does not have a top strap, one can beobtained, in kit form, for many child restraints. Ask thechild restraint manufacturer whether or not a kit isavailable.In Canada, the law requires that forward-facing childrestraints have a top strap, and that the strap beanchored. In the United States, some child restraintsalso have a top strap. If your child restraint has atop strap, it should be anchored.1-39
