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Child Passenger Safety Week

September 20th, 2023 by WCBC Radio

Child Passenger Safety Week is in progress across the state.  The week is dedicated to helping to educate parents, grandparents, and caregivers about the importance of choosing and installing car seats, booster seats and seat belts. According to the National Highway Safety Administration, car safety seats have been shown to reduce fatal injury by 71% for infants under 1 year old and by 54% for toddlers.  Tracy Whitman of Maryland Kids in Safety seats points out a new law where children in safety seats up to two years of age must be rear-facing…

Whitman also shared that additional resources on car seat safety are available at mdkiss.org…