One Minute Car Safety Check for Your Family
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How to Keep Your Family Safe in the Car
Car Safety Basics for the Family
Buckling Up Your Children
The Importance of Airbags
Selecting the Best Seat for Your Child
One Minute Car Safety Check for Your Family
Tips for Keeping Your Family Safe in the Car
How to Keep Your Family Safe in the Car
Keeping Your Baby Safe in the Car
Keeping Your Toddler Safe in the Car
How to Keep Your Older Child Safe in the Car
How to Improve Gas Mileage
Improving Gas Mileage - Tires
Improving Gas Mileage - Wheel Alignment
Improving Gas Mileage - Clean Air Filter
Improving Gas Mileage - Fuel Injection and Spark Plugs
Improving Gas Mileage - Things to Do While Driving
Improving Gas Mileage When Driving
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Improving Gas Mileage - Vehicle Maintenance
Improving Gas Mileage - Advance Planning
Improving Gas Mileage - Gas Saving Extras
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SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. the national, non-profit organization dedicated to child passenger safety. Our mission is to help reduce the number of serious and fatal traffic injuries suffered by children by promoting the correct, consistent use of safety seats and safety belts.
Founded in 1980, SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. is nationally recognized for program excellence, training, and up-to-date technical materials. We provide consultation to advocates, parents, business leaders, the media, and professionals working in the fields of health care, traffic safety, and education.
Stephanie M. Tombrello, L.C.S.W., Executive Director of SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A., has been involved in child passenger safety since 1970. While shopping for a car seat for her infant daughter, she was shocked to learn that most of the models available in stores were unsafe. Stephanie and several other early pioneers in the field successfully petitioned the federal government to require crash testing for child restraints. She also wrote the petition which resulted in the federal requirement for manufacturers to provide shoulder belts in the rear seats of all post-1989 passenger vehicles.
In 1980, Stephanie founded a grassroots organization in the Los Angeles area which evolved to become SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. Under her leadership, the organization has become the premier resource for child passenger safety in the nation. Stephanie is a nationally certified Child Passenger Safety Technician-Instructor and was appointed in 1995 to the National Blue Ribbon Panel on Child Restraint & Vehicle Compatibility.
One Minute Car Safety Check for Your Family
Stephanie Tombrello: Hello, I am Stephanie Tombrello, Executive Director of SafetyBeltSafe U.
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Stephanie Tombrello: Hello, I am Stephanie Tombrello, Executive Director of SafetyBeltSafe U.
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A. We have been talking about the importance of keeping your whole family safe in the car. Now, we are going over a one minute safety check for everyone who rides in the car with you.
Recent research has underlined what we've known for years. Children who are riding rear-facing in the car are 76% less likely to be injured than children who are riding forward-facing even when they are restrained. SafetyBeltSafe U.
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A. recommends strongly that children remain rear-facing for much more than the initial first year. Today, we have seats that go up to 30-35 pounds rear-facing and we encourage you to use them for your babies and even young toddlers. Regardless of the age of the child we're transporting, we want to make sure that you're buckling that child up properly. So quickly check, what direction is the safety seat facing? Is it the right direction for your child's age and weight? When your child is in a safety seat with a full harness, does that harness snug so you can't pinch any fabric of the harness between your fingers? Is the safety seat properly attached with either a safety belt or the lock system in the car and does that seat move more than an inch to the sides or front of the vehicle?
Once the child no longer fits in a seat with a full harness system, is the youngster sitting properly in the booster. Make sure that the safety belt is snug and down low on the hips and between the child's neck and shoulder. Sometimes with the booster seat people put the safety belt in the wrong place or it's held too far away from the child's body. So make sure that there is a close fit. When a child passes the five step test and is sitting alone in the safety belt make sure that the belt is again between the top of the shoulder and the neck, never under the arm or behind the back.
For all adults, make sure they are wearing their safety belts properly. Now, we have gone over the one minute car safety check for your whole family. Next, we're going to talk about a few more tips for riding safely in the car.
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