Tabatha Manley - Comments

Locking seatbelts are needed for the continued safety and well being of our children. As a child passenger safety technician, I often see situations where locking seatbelts are required. Locking seatbelts (1) to secure safety seats for children above 48 lbs., especially children who are large for their age or have special needs (2) for children in boosters who are not able to stay properly seated and/or keep the shoulder belt properly positioned; (3) to enable caregivers to lock unused belts, which some children have wrapped around their necks, coming close to strangulation; (4) provide caregivers with the option to use locking seatbelts to secure the seat when the car/safety seat combination makes LATCH difficult to use in some situations, making the locking seatbelt the safest measure if it is more likely to be used correctly every time.