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Category: Car Seat Safety
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5 of the Most Common Car Seat Mistakes Parents Still Make
Despite improvements in car seat design and increased safety awareness, statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) show that most parents still make critical errors with […]
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8 Car Seat Myths Busted
Car seats! There’s so much information out there and some of it is contradictory. How do we figure out what is true and what is a car seat […]
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 […]
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The Car Seat Safety Statistics: Car Crashes Are Top 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. […]
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Back-to-School Carpool Safety
Creating Your Family’s Transportation Village The school year is approaching — or is already upon us, depending on where you live. And with it comes the daily challenge […]
Keeping Kids Safe on School Buses
There’s plenty for parents to worry about when their child(ren) go off to school. From getting a good education to what they are eating for lunch. School bus […]
Think Twice: Why Buying a Used Car Seat isn’t worth the Risk
When it comes to keeping children safe in the car, a car seat is one of the most important investments parents can make. And they can be quite […]
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Hot Car Deaths: What you Need to Know
Every year we hear about it on the news, the tragedy of young children being left in a car and ending up in hot car deaths. Remember even […]
FAA and Car Seats: Flying with Children
With summer upon us and all our fun trips we have planned, we are going to talk a little about flying with children and the importance of using child restraints on airplanes (including personal aircraft). […]
