The dangers of pregnant driving is certainly not a new challenge. But today pregnant women are in the car much more. The total annual miles driven by women of reproductive age increased 275% from 1969 to 1990. […]
Missing Stage in Child Passenger Safety — Pregnancy
“The major role that motor vehicle injuries have on reported traumatic fetal injury deaths was shown and a significant new challenge for child passenger safety advocates is indicated.” […]
How safe is your car seat? A car seat safety quiz
Surveys show that 9 out of 10 (90%) parents think they are using the right child restraint in the right way for their child. Yet according to Safe […]
LATCH Weight Limits
What is LATCH? And what are LATCH weight limits? LATCH stands for Lower Anchors and Tether for Children. LATCH weight limits are not new. For most vehicle manufacturers that lower anchor weight limit is 65 pounds. That 65 pounds is the combined weight of the seat and the child. Seat + child = Combine weight. […]
The Car Seat Safety Statistics: Car Crashes Are The #1 Killer Of Children
Do you know the car seat statistics show the leading cause of death to children ages 3-14 in the United States is motor vehicle crashes? In 2017 in the United States, 794 children ages 12 years and younger died as occupants in motor vehicle crashes. (Of all the children who died in a crash in 2017, 37% were not restrained.)
Placing children in age- and size-appropriate car seats and booster seats reduces serious and fatal injuries by more than half. […]
The General History of Car Seats: Then and Now
Originally “child seats” started out as nothing more than burlap sacks with a drawstring that hung over the headrest on the passenger’s seat. People designed early car seats simply to lift the child to allow him to look out the window and to keep the child more or less in one spot in the car. […]
Seat Belt Entanglement
Are you asking what is seat belt entanglement and what does it have to do with my child? Seat belt entanglement is when a child is being strangled […]
Keeping Kids Safe on School Buses
There’s plenty for parents to worry about when their child(ren) go off to school (especially these days… cough, cough… pandemic). From getting the a good education to what […]
Choking on the Road: Don’t Let Your Kids Eat While You Are Driving
Unfortunately, driving and (kids) eating just don’t mix. It’s not worth the risk of choking. As a CPS technician, I can’t tell you how many times a parent […]
Going Forward Facing Too Early – WAY Too Early
Nearly 25% of parents turn their child forward facing too early, even before the child turns 1. A University of Michigan survey asked a randomly selected group of […]
