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Last Updated: Mar 26th, 2006 - 13:41:45 |
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Parents Latch On To New Car Seat System
Parents face many challenges these days, but luckily, due to a recently enacted federal law, installing car seats doesn't need to be one of these challenges. LATCH is a helpful new system that makes it easier for parents to properly install children's car seats. LATCH, an acronym for Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children, is a standardized system that helps simplify car seat installation. However, in order for the LATCH system to work properly, it requires an understanding of the new system.
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Boosting Kids' Safety
Millions of babies and small children are strapped into car seats every day, helping to protect them from injury should a crash occur. However, studies show older children ages 4 to 8 (weighing between 40 and 80 pounds and up to 4' 9" tall), are rarely restrained properly in the car.
That's significant because traffic crashes are the number one cause of death for children. Booster seats are necessary to lift older kids up to a height which allows the vehicle's shoulder and lap belts to fit properly and safely.
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New Restraint System Makes Child Safety Seats Easier For Parents
Every day, children sustain serious injuries and die in motor vehicle crashes. In fact, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that 80 percent of child safety seats are installed and/or used incorrectly, leading to 68 deaths and 874 injuries each year. Many of these injuries and deaths can be avoided, yet many adults are unaware they are using safety restraints incorrectly, thereby placing children at risk. Any parent who has struggled with installing a child safety seat knows how difficult it can be. However, parents are now getting some relief.
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Child Passenger Safety Week Focuses On Booster Seats
While most parents know it's important to use child safety seats, many do not follow the four steps recommended for restraining children as they grow.
Although motor vehicle crashes remain the leading cause of death for children age 4 to 14, a third of all children in the U.S. age 14 and under are riding in the wrong restraint type for their age and size, according to a 2002 observational study conducted by the National SAFE KIDS Campaign.
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11 Things Moms Should Have For Their Vehicles
Mothers spend an incredible amount of time in their vehicles these days, shuttling kids to school and extracurricular activities, running errands, commuting. "More and more, vehicles are becoming a second home or office," says Chris Horn, vice president of communications for SEMA, the Specialty Equipment Market Association. "Fortunately, several auto accessories can make vehicles more family-friendly and make moms' lives easier and more efficient."
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Why Parents Should Never Leave Children Alone In A Car
With the weather heating up across the country, there are many health issues that parents may want to learn more about. One important issue is the danger involved in leaving children unattended in a vehicle, especially in warm weather. According to General Motors and the National SAFE KIDS Campaign, at least 175 children have died from heatstroke between 1996 and 2002 because they were trapped in hot, parked cars.
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Parents Can Protect Their Children With Belt-Positioning Booster Seats
Keeping families on the road to safety are efforts to increase the use of safety seats in cars. According to the National SAFE KIDS Campaign, motor vehicle occupant injury is the leading cause of injury-related death among children. Although great strides are being made to bring the numbers down, a recently published report by the Campaign shows that the motor vehicle death rate for children ages five to nine declined by only one percent from 1987 to 2000. This is especially alarming when compared to the 24 percent decline achieved for the one to four age group during that same time.
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Car Dealers Aim To Keep Children Safe
(NAPSI)-To make sure that "back-to-school" and safety go together, many new-car dealers across the country are hosting child safety seat inspections this fall. They will be doing this as part of a national "Boost for Safety" campaign, a program developed by the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
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Kids and Cars: Tips to Keep Your Children Safe
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, more children are killed as passengers in car accidents than by any other type of injury.
Many of these deaths and injuries can be avoided with the proper use of child safety seats and seat belts. While 97 percent of parents believe they install and use child safety seats properly, NHTSA reports that nearly 73 percent of child seats are installed and/or used incorrectly.
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Do's And Don'ts To Help Keep Children Safe In And Around Vehicles
Just as you take certain steps to make your home safer for kids, you also play a role in making vehicles safer for children, whether you're on the road or at home. Here are common-sense measures you can take daily to help keep kids safe:
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CHILD SAFETY ALERT Boosting Children's Auto Safety
The next time you give your child a lift in the car, you may want to check to see if he needs a boost, too. Experts say children who have outgrown their toddler seats (usually at age 4 or 40 pounds) are far safer sitting in booster seats until they are about 8 years old or 4'9" tall than they are using seat belts alone. Yet the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says 80 to 90 percent of the children in America who should be restrained in booster seats are not.
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