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Child Passenger Safety
Inspections
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death and injury
for American children, ranked third ahead of all other types
of unintentional injuries, and claim more lives that any childhood
diseases.
 If
unrestrained, infants and children are thrown around the vehicle
like flying missiles. In a 30 mph crash, a child may be thrown
forward with a force equal to 30 times his or her own weight.
That is like falling from a three-story building.
Personnel that man the Storefront are certified as Child Passenger
Safety Technicians by the American Automobile Association (AAA).
They undergo extensive training in the proper way to choose
a child seat for a particular child, properly install it, properly
fit the child in the seat, as well as instruct the parents how
to properly install the seat in to their particular vehicle.
They also can inspect your current seat to be certain it is
the proper fit and the safest seat for your child.
Technicians must also keep up to date on current trends as well
as manufacturer recalls on child passenger safety equipment.
Contact the Storefront in your district to make an appointment
to have you child's car seat inspected.
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