CAR-SEAT CHECKS SAVE LIVES

DaimlerChrysler, in partnership with Fisher-Price and the National Safety Council, announced in June 1999 that it would offer its customers free child-safety seat inspections through its dealer network. The program expanded in February 2000, and now certified Fit for a Kid inspectors at DaimlerChrysler dealers inspect child-safety seats in any vehicle, not just DaimlerChrysler vehicles. The National Transportation Safety Board urged automakers in January 1999 to create permanent child-safety seat fitting stations so parents and caregivers have an easily recognizable and accessible place for help installing car seats properly. A case study relates how changes made at one inspection station saved the life of a 21-month-old girl one week later.

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• Authors:
  • Kedjidjian, C B
• Publication Date: 2000-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 22
• Serial:
  • Traffic Safety (Chicago)
  • Volume: 00
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: National Safety Council
  • ISSN: 0041-0721

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Child restraint systems; Children; Inspection stations; Installation; Passengers; Safety; Safety programs
• Identifier Terms: DaimlerChrysler AG; Fisher Price; National Safety Council; U.S. National Transportation Safety Board
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Passenger Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00793961
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 9 2000 12:00AM