Winter Storm Travel Alert: Four Must-Know Car Seat Safety Tips from Buckle Up for Life
January 22 2016 - 6:00AM
Business Wire
The Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions are bracing for a
powerful storm that could bring a foot or more of snow, making
driving conditions potentially dangerous. It is critical that
drivers take precautions to ensure child passengers are correctly
strapped into their car seats, which can reduce the risk for injury
or death in a crash.
To help families keep children safe, Buckle Up for Life, the
national child passenger safety program from Cincinnati Children’s
and Toyota, has issued the following must-know winter safety tips.
Please feel free to use these tips in your coverage of the
blizzard, attributed to Buckle Up for Life.
- Be Aware of Travel Warnings and
Advisories from Your Local Officials. Know before you go: be
sure to stay informed about – and follow – any travel warnings or
advisories issued for your area.
- Safety-Check Your Child’s Seat Using
the Inch Test and the Pinch Test. Pinch the car seat strap near the child’s
shoulder; if you can pinch a wrinkle in the fabric, tighten
the strap until it is snug. For the “Inch
Test,” grab the car seat toward the back and bottom and tug
from side to side and front to back. If the seat moves more than an
inch in either direction, tighten it.
- Remove Your Child’s Winter Coat.
Before securing your child in their car seat, remove their winter
coat. A coat can prevent the harness from fitting correctly. It
also could compress in a crash, compromising the seat’s ability to
protect your child.
- Secure Loose Items in the Car.
Make sure all loose items – particularly winter weather essentials
such as shovels and ice scrapers – are tightly secured in your
vehicle. These objects could become projectiles in the event of a
crash.
These tips are part of Buckle Up for Life’s mission to educate
families about the proper use of car seats and seat belts and to
provide free car seats to families in need. Over the last ten
years, Buckle Up for Life has grown to include a network of 14 of
the nation’s leading children’s hospitals and has educated more
than 23,000 people.
Gloria Del Castillo, child passenger safety expert at Cincinnati
Children’s and senior outreach specialist for Buckle Up for
Life, is available for interviews to discuss these tips as well
as additional insights on keeping child passengers safe during the
impending snow storm and beyond. For more information, visit
buckleupforlife.org.
About Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center ranks third in the
nation among all Honor Roll hospitals in U.S. News & World
Report’s 2015 Best Children’s Hospitals. It is also ranked in the
top 10 for all 10 pediatric specialties. Cincinnati Children’s, a
non-profit organization, is one of the top three recipients of
pediatric research grants from the National Institutes of Health,
and a research and teaching affiliate of the University of
Cincinnati College of Medicine. The medical center is
internationally recognized for improving child health and
transforming delivery of care through fully integrated, globally
recognized research, education and innovation. Additional
information can be found at www.cincinnatichildrens.org. Connect on
the Cincinnati Children’s blog, via Facebook and on Twitter.
About Toyota
Toyota (NYSE:TM), the world's top automaker and creator of the
Prius, is committed to building vehicles for the way people live
through our Toyota, Lexus and
Scion brands. Over the past 50 years, we’ve
built more than 25 million cars and trucks in North
America, where we operate 14 manufacturing plants (10 in the
U.S.) and directly employ more than 40,000 people (more than 32,000
in the U.S.). Our 1,800 North American dealerships (1,500 in the
U.S.) sold more than 2.5 million cars and trucks (more than 2.2
million in the U.S.) in 2013 – and about 80 percent of all Toyota
vehicles sold over the past 20 years are still on the road
today.
Toyota partners with philanthropic organizations across the
country, with a focus on education, safety and the environment. As
part of this commitment, we share the company’s extensive know-how
garnered from building great cars and trucks to help community
organizations and other nonprofits expand their ability to do good.
To date, Toyota has contributed more than $700 million to
nonprofits in the U.S. For more information about Toyota,
visit www.toyotanewsroom.com.
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