According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, keeping your child in a vehicle seat reduces the risk of death by 71% for infants and 54% for toddlers, but only if the auto seat is installed in your auto properly.
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The results showed 80 percent of parents felt it was important to register their auto seat.
“You can use either the seat belt or the lower anchor system, but you can’t use both”, said Becker. To help combat the issue, area organizations are participating in Child Passenger Safety Week, a campaign dedicated to helping parents and caregivers make sure their children ride as safely as possible – Every trip.
In Florida, during 2014, there were 32 deaths and over 700 injuries caused by crashes in which children under 18 were not secured in vehicle seats or wearing seat belts. “The chest clips are not running high across the chest at the armpits”.
“It’s a little bit of misinformation, they don’t quite know how to put that vehicle seat in correctly or make sure that it is nice and snuggled and the harness fits the child correctly”, said Yakima Police Department Sergeant, Chance Belton.
“You can check to see if your child is in the appropriate seat for their age, height, and weight”.
“Texas law requires all children younger than 8 years old, unless taller than 4’9”, to be in the appropriate child safety system, either a booster or a auto seat.
Parents who buy second-hand auto seats may be unknowingly buying a seat under recall with safety defects.
AAA said it’s best to keep small children in the back. Look for the date you should stop using the seat on the seat itself.
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Option 2: Fill out and mail in the registration card that came with your auto seat.
