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Car Seat Safety Check in Lockhart on 2.29.08
Riding unrestrained is the single greatest risk factor for death and injury among child motor vehicle occupants. Among children ages 14 and under killed in motor vehicle crashes as occupants in 2002, 50 percent were not using safety restraints at the time of the collision.
Misuse is common. An estimated 85 percent of children who are placed in child safety seats and booster seats are improperly restrained. Misuse includes, but is not limited to, using an inappropriate seat for a child's age and size, placing an infant under 1 year or under 20 pounds in a forward-facing seat, not securing the seat tightly in the vehicle and not securing the child correctly in the seat.
Nationally certified child passenger safety technicians staff community events designed to help drivers understand children's vehicle safety needs, based on their ages, weights and developmental stages. Motorists generally make appointments to attend scheduled, publicized checkup events in convenient community locations. A driver brings his or her child or children, the car seat or seats they currently use, the vehicle owner's manual and the car seat instructions. Nationally certified child passenger safety technicians follow a standardized checklist to ensure that all aspects of safety aspects relative to the child, the car seat and the vehicle seating location are explored. The motto for every event is, Children Leave Safer Than When They Arrived!
Checkup event inspection and education are free to the public. However, replacement car seats are not free and not always available. If a replacement car seat is needed and available, a contribution may be requested, based on the seat's actual cost and defrayed by a grant from Safe Kids Buckle Up. Contributions are used to purchase additional car seats, so the program can continue for other families.
Parents are encouraged to bring a new car seat or booster seat to the event if they know their child has outgrown the current car seat or if the car seat they currently use is damaged, has been in a crash or was obtained secondhand with no history. The certified technicians working at the event will help the parent learn to adjust the harness and properly place the car seat or booster seat in the vehicle.
Information obtained at www.safekids.org
Misuse is common. An estimated 85 percent of children who are placed in child safety seats and booster seats are improperly restrained. Misuse includes, but is not limited to, using an inappropriate seat for a child's age and size, placing an infant under 1 year or under 20 pounds in a forward-facing seat, not securing the seat tightly in the vehicle and not securing the child correctly in the seat.
Nationally certified child passenger safety technicians staff community events designed to help drivers understand children's vehicle safety needs, based on their ages, weights and developmental stages. Motorists generally make appointments to attend scheduled, publicized checkup events in convenient community locations. A driver brings his or her child or children, the car seat or seats they currently use, the vehicle owner's manual and the car seat instructions. Nationally certified child passenger safety technicians follow a standardized checklist to ensure that all aspects of safety aspects relative to the child, the car seat and the vehicle seating location are explored. The motto for every event is, Children Leave Safer Than When They Arrived!
Checkup event inspection and education are free to the public. However, replacement car seats are not free and not always available. If a replacement car seat is needed and available, a contribution may be requested, based on the seat's actual cost and defrayed by a grant from Safe Kids Buckle Up. Contributions are used to purchase additional car seats, so the program can continue for other families.
Parents are encouraged to bring a new car seat or booster seat to the event if they know their child has outgrown the current car seat or if the car seat they currently use is damaged, has been in a crash or was obtained secondhand with no history. The certified technicians working at the event will help the parent learn to adjust the harness and properly place the car seat or booster seat in the vehicle.
Information obtained at www.safekids.org
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