"Child passengers" refers to children who are traveling in a vehicle, usually relying on adults to take care of their safety and needs during the journey.
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The commission by rule shall require that information relating to the proper use
of child passenger safety seat systems be included in the curriculum of each driver education and driving safety course.
I have taken additional training courses
in child passenger safety for school buses and for special needs children.
The arm bar is used
for child passengers to rest their hands and is not critical for safe use of the stroller or replacement top seat.
Thankfully, there are members of the community who are certified to install car seats and educate caregivers
on Child Passenger Safety.
The rate of
child passenger deaths per million children also has fallen dramatically to 14 deaths per million children in 2016, a 55 percent reduction from 1975.
These car seats are made entirely to prevent
child passenger from getting injury or from death during a car crash and collisions.
With the daily demands of parenthood, it may feel impossible to keep up with the new car seat technologies, recalls and ever -
changing Child Passenger Safety laws.
To
learn child passenger safety recommendations and get help installing child restraint seats properly, plan to attend a free local car seat check.
I am a
certified child passenger safety technician and my second child came home from the hospital in a very well fitting and safe convertible car seat.
There are four stages
of child passenger safety as children grow, from infant seats to the time they are ready for an adult seat belt alone.
As
National Child Passenger Safety Week has come and gone, you can still have an inspector check out your car and child's car seat by simply scheduling a child seat inspection appointment.
That decision has today been upheld by the Court of Appeal in a judgment which provides a comprehensive analysis of the legal principles to be taken into consideration in
child passenger restraint cases and focuses on what is to be regarded as relevant evidence.
Families may also be asked to
complete Child Passenger Restraint, SIDS and Shaken Baby prior to licensing at a later date.
Nissan safety engineers, certified
as Child Passenger Safety Technicians, have spent thousands of hours evaluating hundreds of child restraints.
The technicians will be available to answer questions, in English and Spanish, about proper car seat installation and other ways to
keep child passengers safe.
Check Your Car Seat Before Starting Summer Travel By: Sarah Tilton
Britax Child Passenger Safety Advocate Certified CPS Tech Instructor
If you have doubts about either operation, be sure to visit a community car seat check or contact a
local child passenger safety technician (CPST) to have them inspect your car seat and teach how it should be used.
«Study after study shows that caregivers often need support and direction when choosing and installing child restraints and that they are often using them incorrectly, which puts
child passengers at unnecessary risk of harm,» says lead author Amber Kroeker, M.P.H., who was with CHEAR at the time of the study.
• Served as private sector representative for
Maryland Child Passenger Safety Board, and effectively trained Maryland State Police on vehicle occupant protection methodologies and awarded honorary MD State Trooper Recognition.
The trick is to avoid those safety lapses because «we're just going to the grocery store,» says Stephanie Tombrello, executive director of the
nonprofit child passenger safety organization SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. «Ask yourself, «If I were in a crash right now, how would I want my child to be riding?»»
As an advocate for car seat safety and a recently -
trained Child Passenger Safety Technician (CPST), I was honored to be chosen by the Government of Alberta to help parents keep our littlest Albertans safe on the road.
While
most child passengers are restrained, they aren't always in the proper restraint for their age and size.
Through her legislative and legal initiatives to promote safety, she has been instrumental in raising
child passenger awareness in Palm Beach County.
But I think that passion sometimes will distort interpretation of studies the same as it does for me when I'm
doing child passenger safety studies» - child safety is Johnston's field of interest, as a former emergency room doctor - «and I read a study, and I completely believe it.
These individuals,
called Child Passenger Safety Technicians, have taken a 32 hour certification course on car seat installation and education and are certified through Safe Kids Worldwide.
Its members
promote child passenger safety through public education, advocacy and training in children's restraint systems (car seats and boosters).
It comes with over 100 pieces and accessories, including a 6 - piece freight train, a 4 - piece passenger train, a 3 - piece flatbed truck, and many more brightly colored pieces that will delight any child
IMPORTANT: Both installation methods are designed to work with the tether to achieve the highest level of safety for
child passengers restrained in forward - facing car seats.
Britax brand representatives will be on hand at the select dealerships to walk attendees and media through proper car seat installations, discuss key car seat and vehicle features and provide
helpful child passenger safety tips.
The new line features the patented SafeCell ® Impact Protection — an integrated system of safety components that work together to help
shield child passengers in the event of a crash.