They’re designed to solve a range of different issues you might encounter while your child is sat in his or her car seat including: With the BeltUpp installed, your child will have an ‘X’ pattern across its chest. It’s designed to provide better support for a sleeping child and to stop them from slipping out of the seatbelt. However, they confirmed that this is not too much of an issue if your child is strapped into their car seat using the car’s adult seatbelt, as that will absorb most of the impact. But it does mean that you shouldn’t use this device if your car seat is only installed via the Isofix points and your child is strapped in using a harness.

If the car seat cover does not have this, then technically it will mean the car seat is not meeting all the legal requirements. For more information on viscous injuries please readViano’s and King’sresearch in Biomechanics of Chest and Abdomen Impact, as well as other research within the area. The 5 Point Plus Anti Escape System has won a number of awards including the prestigious Baby Products Association Innovation Award and the Kind + Jugend Innovation Award. There are numerous child car seat accessories available to buy from the major baby retailers and online.

5 point plus harness is easily integrated in to child car seats

Our car seat testing experts were concerned that this could potentially increase dangerous amounts of pressure on the soft area of your child’s abdomen in the event of a crash. Our car seat experts were concerned that installing a RiveMove may change the load distribution between the Isofix points, meaning they may no longer withstand a crash.

The 5 Point Plus Anti-Escape System simply fills in the gap under the harness straps that the child exploits to push their hand through. This simple award-winning solution enables the child car-seat to do its job and keep the occupant safe in the event of a collision. In some cases the use of accessories could be a source of contributory negligence if for instance, the driver becomes distracted and causes a collision, or if loose pieces obstruct the use of controls. Any resulting police penalty could have an impact on premium or the driver’s ability to renew.' Saga

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We also asked different insurance companies whether using car seat accessories might affect your chances of putting through a claim for a damaged car seat in the event of a crash. This is what some of them said. M&S Bank The use of child car seat accessories wouldn’t affect child seat cover, or invalidate the vehicle insurance in the event of a claim. However, the cost of the accessory itself wouldn’t be covered as it doesn’t form part of the original car seat.' LV However, as most child car seat harnesses come with padded shoulder pads that cover the straps, you may find you need to mount the clip quite low, so it sits across the stomach and not the chest. The 5 Point Plus Anti-Escape System is an innovative solution to prevent your child from wriggling free from their child-seat harness in forward-facing seats with 5 a point-harness.