Child Passenger Safety Week, everything you need to know
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hen it comes to child passenger safety it is always better to be safe than sorry. Child Passenger Safety Week, which runs from September 20-26, 2020, works to highlight and teach us the importance of ensuring that all children are secured properly in a car seat or booster seat while riding in a vehicle. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, reports that motor vehicle injuries are the leading cause of death among children. In fact, every 32 seconds there is a child under the age of 12 that is killed due to traffic crashes while riding as a passenger in a vehicle. Many of these deaths can be prevented by, buckling children in an age and size appropriate car seat, by doing so we can reduce the risk of fatal injury by 71%. It is important to consider a child’s age, weight and height when determining the proper type of seat or harness for you child. As children grow the model of a car seat changes to keep up with their age and size. Knowing the recommended stages for each type of seat is important. A child under the age of 1 should always ride in a rear-facing car seat, in fact a child should be kept in a rear facing car seat for as long as possible or until he or she reaches the max height or weight limit allowed by your car seat’s manufacturer. Once your child outgrows the rear-facing car seat, your child is then ready
to travel in a forward-facing car seat with a harness and tether. Like the rear facing car seat a child should remain in a forward-facing car seat until he or she reaches the maximum height or weight listed by the car seat manufacturer this is around 4-7 years old. It is then time to move on to a booster seat. Booster seats should still be located in the back seat of your car and should never be placed in the front passenger seat. Kids should use a booster seat up until the age of 12 or until he or she reaches the maximum height or weight listed by the car seat manufacturer. Your child should remain in a booster seat until he or she is big enough to fit in a seat belt properly, which means the lap belt should lie snuggly across the upper thighs (not the stomach) and the shoulder belt should lie snugly across the shoulder and chest, not across the neck or face. Lastly no child under the age of 13 should ride in the front passenger seat of the vehicle and should continue to ride in the back seat because it is safer there. Whether you’re a first-time parent, or have installed a car seat few, you can always get assistance with car seat installation and inspection at your local Police Department.
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