Baby Car Seats: What You Need to Know

It goes without saying, but the safety of your child when driving is of the utmost importance. To comply with Victoria’s child restraint laws, all children must travel in a child restraint or booster seat until the age of seven. It is vital this baby car seat fitting is done correctly. 

Child car seat fittings prevent serious injury in the event of a crash and provide maximum protection of your child.

To ensure your child’s safety, the smartest course of action is to have your baby car fitting service overseen by an accredited professional. 

At Bentleigh Automotive Services, our team of trained and authorised car seat fitters are available to carry out car seat fittings and checks, so that you have peace of mind knowing your child is safe and secure. 

There are a number of reasons why parents should get a professional baby car fitting service, with the most important being to maximise the safety of your child.

Why get a professional child car seat fitting

Car seat fittings can be difficult to install

Victoria’s child restraint laws state that the car seat fitting must be correctly fitted to the vehicle, whilst also being the correct size for the child, properly adjusted and fastened. 

Legally in Victoria, parents are allowed to fit the child restraint into their own vehicle as long as they follow the manufacturer’s instructions. However, with rising confusion around the legal requirements for child restraint fittings, types of restraints and variations in car models, fitting child restraints has become increasingly complicated for parents who want the highest level of safety for their children. 

Further, once the car seats are installed, they are often not used correctly. It is important that a qualified professional demonstrates how to properly tighten and adjust the car seat as your child grows, to ensure the continual effectiveness of your mobile car seat fitting.

Ensure compliance with Australian Standards

When it comes to the safety of your child, the Australian and Victorian governments have put a number of legal requirements into place. 

Child restraints must meet the minimum Australian/New Zealand standards (AS/NZ 1754) and be installed in compliance with these standards to maximise your child’s safety. 

At Bentleigh Automotive Services, we provide professional assistance in determining which car seat fittings are suitable for your child and are carefully trained to install them in adherence to Australian standards.

We ensure our customers have the knowledge to properly adjust and reinstall their car seats, to ensure the safety of their child and provide the peace of mind in knowing their child seat fitting complies with the law.

Ensure maximum child safety

It goes without saying that the safety of your child is not only your priority, but ours too. At Bentleigh Automotive Services, we want to ensure that, in the unfortunate event of a crash, your child is in the best position to remain safe and secure. 

Our certified team members are kept up to date with the latest training and provided with the most recent information on child seats to ensure your child is safe during travel. 

If you have installed the child restraint fitting yourself, our friendly and licensed technicians can check that it’s installed correctly, make any adjustments and fit an anchorage point on your vehicle if you need one. 

Putting the safety of your child in the hands of a professional is the most secure to ensure the safety of your child.

Don’t rely on guesswork when it comes to installing the child car seat fitting in your car. 

The only way to be certain that your child is as safe as possible during car travel is to get a car seat fitting service by authorised car seat fitters.

Put your child’s safety first with the most up-to-date advice and expertise when you choose Bentleigh Automotive Services. For reliable child and car seat fitting installation in Melbourne’s South-East, look no further than Bentleigh Automotive. Speak to our friendly team for a baby car seat fitting today on (03) 9570 2844, or make a booking online.

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