Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Your Child's Safety - First!


Learn about child passenger safety seats from a certified child passenger safety technician. You can meet one on one with these professionally trained employees and learn the best practices for keeping your precious cargo safe. Best of all this appointment is free.

The child passenger technicians will complete about 600 seat inspections this year with a misuse rate of nearly 100%. Most errors can be quickly corrected and the parents or care taker instructed on the change. Occasionally they will find a brand of seat and a model of vehicle that are not compatible and use their knowledge and skills to make things work. They keep up with the latest recall list and expired seats. These technicians are skilled not only in the installation of seats but are also knowledgeable of the laws.

The new traffic laws as of September 1, 2009 affect the children of Texas. Senate Bill 61 amends the existing child passenger safety seat statute. The bill requires children under the age of 8 years or at least 4’9” in height to be restrained in an approved child passenger safety seat. House Bill 537 requires all occupants of a vehicle to be secured in a safety belt, regardless of their age or where they are seated in the vehicle. To schedule your free car seat or booster seat inspection please call 1-888-THR-WELL.

More than anything - remember to buckle up!

- Becky Law
Manager of Childbirth Education


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