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TOMORROW NIGHT.
CAR SEATS ARE CRUCIAL WHEN IT
COMES TO KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE
ON THE ROAD. BUT ALL TOO OFTEN,
PARENTS DON'T INSTALL THEM
CORRECTLY. NEWS 4'S BRYAN SHAW
HAS MORE ON HOW TO PROPERLY
INSTALL SAFETY SEATS.
THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
SAFETY ADMINISTRATION FOUND
TRAFFIC CRASHES ARE THE NUMBER
KILLER OF CHILDREN UNDER 12 SO
ITS VERY IMPORTANT YOUR CHILD IS
FASTENED SECURELY AND CORRECTLY.
SO THIS WEEK IS CHILD PASSENGER
SAFETY WEEK. 20 PERCENT OF
PARENTS DON'T READ THE MANUAL
BEFORE INSTALLING THEM BUT EVEN
THEN IT CAN BE COMPLICATED.
((TAYLOR - SOME ARE EASY TO PUT
IN. SOME ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO
FIGURE OUT. THERE ARE SOME THAT
DIDN'T SIT RIGHT WITH MY
DAUGHTER AND I HAD TO TAKE THEM
BACK. ITS HIT AND MISS WHETHER
THE WORK OR DON'T WORK.)) ANY
CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FOUR
SHOULD BE IN A SAFETY SEAT.
CHILDREN UNDER EIGHT IN A
BOOSTER. INFANTS UP TO 2 SHOULD
BE REAR FACING.
((DENZ - THE BEST SUPPORT FOR
THE BABY FOR THE INFANT WOULD BE
FROM THE BACK IN A HEAD ON
COLLISION WHERE AN IMPACT WOULD
THRUST THE BABY TO THE FRONT OF
THE VEHICLE AS OPPOSED TO ALL
THE WEIGHT BEING DISTRIBUTED
JUST ON THE STRAPS. )
((TAYLOR - EVERYBODY SEEMS TO
HAVE THE SAME ISSUES AND NOT
KNOWING HOW TO INSTALL THEM AND
WHAT IS CORRECT. EVEN WITH ME I
DON'T WHAT IS TOO LIGHT OR TOO
LOOSE AND I TEND TO PROBABLY
HAVE TOO LOOSE THEN TIGHTER.))
THE STATE POLICE SAID THAT THERE
SHOULD BE NO MORE THEN 1 INCH
MOVEMENT OF THE SAFETY STRAPS
AND THAT THE BIGGEST MISTAKES
THEY SEE ARE THE SEAT NOT BEING
TIGHT ENOUGH OR THE CHILD NOT
SECURED TIGHT ENOUGH. THIS
SATURDAY IS NATIONAL SEAT CHECK
DAY WITH ONE LOCATION IN WEST
SENECA AT ST. JOHNS LUTHERAN
OUR WEBSITE WIVB.COM BRYAN SHAW
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