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TIM, CTMC host child safety seat inspection
When it comes to child safety seats, one size does not fit all.
That is one of the many messages Shelly Zapp and Texans in Motions want to send to parents throughout Texas.
Texans in Motion and Central Texas Medical Center will host a safety seat inspection event from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Jan. 12 at Fire Station #3, 2420 Hunter Road in San Marcos. Appointments can be made by calling 753-3735. The inspections, performed the second Tuesday each month somewhere in Hays County, are aimed to help educate child and parent about the proper type safety seat for each individual automobile.
“We can look up what seat belt systems are in each seating position and better prepare for the challenges that await with larger or special needs children, families with several children and older vehicles,” Zapp, the Texans in Motion director, said. “We educate the child and the adult on how to use the seat and the adult on proper installation.”
TIM was started in 2004 to help parents understand the need to use child safety seats with children too young or too small to properly use adult restrain systems. In the last year, the group has provided 845 child safety seats at events to children riding in unsafe seats, and provided hundreds of inspections, community events and presentations throughout the state.
In 2008, Texans in Motion completed a Roll-Over Simulator that is used to demonstrate the consequences of riding in a vehicle without the proper restraint.
Zapp warns against using 3-in-1 seats that advertise use from newborn to booster. There are also many items to consider when transitioning a child to a booster. Also, not all child safety seats fit all vehicles.
“Try them out at a store and that will help you. Buying online is not always the best option. And never, never buy a used car seat: You need to know the history (of the seat) and if it has ever been in a crash,” Zapp said.
New state law made effective last fall requires children under 8 years of age or under 4’9” tall to be buckled in child passenger safety seats in vehicles.
“I think every parent should keep a copy of the law in their vehicle. TIM and other child passenger safety advocates, many law enforcement agencies and other emergency responders are working diligently to educate the public before June 1, when citations will be given instead of warnings,” Zapp said.
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