Child Passenger Safety
Drive Safe Hampton Roads' Old, Used, Borrowed, and Abused Child Safety Seat Round-Up
 Drive Safe Hampton Roads is pleased to announce their 21st Annual "Old, Used, Borrowed, and Abused Child Safety Seat Round-Up". As in the past, Drive Safe HR, along with their community partners — AAA Tidewater, Wal-Mart, DMV, Children’s Hospital of the Kings Daughters, TFC Recycling, WVEC TV-13, and Hoffman Beverage — are teaming up with the community to remove old, used, borrowed, and abused child safety seats.
Beginning February 1, 2010, all Hampton Roads residents will be able to drop off their worn out child safety seats at all Southside and Peninsula Wal-Mart Supercenters, Hampton Roads area DMV Customer Service Centers, and AAA offices on the Southside and Peninsula. Wal-Mart will provide a $5 reward for each safety seat (limit 2 per person) by giving gift cards to those who turn in their safety seats. The materials from the old safety seats will be recycled in an effort to help save the environment.
Please download the attached poster providing you information concerning this year’s Round-Up. You have permission to reproduce the poster and this letter to help us to get the word out about this event. |
 VA Dept. of Health Child Safety Seat Installation Videos — The VDH installation videos depict general guidelines for installing a safety seat or booster seat. Your particular safety seat, booster seat and/or vehicle may require additional techniques or hardware not discussed in the videos. For more detailed installation information contact the Virginia Department of Health at 1-800-732-8333 or visit your local Permanent Fit Station.
Child passenger safety videos — Choosing and installing a child's car seat or booster seat can be confusing. These videos from Partners for Child Passenger Safety and the information contained on this site will help you choose the right child restraint system and install it correctly. Much of this information is also available in Spanish.
In
the news...
Many booster seats aren't up to the job of improving safety belt fit for children (2008-10-01)
Thirteen of the 41 belt-positioning booster seats the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety evaluated with the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute did such a poor job of improving the fit of lap and shoulder belts for children that the Institute doesn't recommend them at all. Ten models are best bets and 5 are good bets.
Clinic helps parents keep their kids safe (2008-09-30)
Most people who showed up at a child safety seat event in Newport News had improperly-fitted seats.
Albemarle County Police Focus on Child Seat Safety (2008-09-26)
State agencies partner to crush outdated child safety seats in Richmond on Sept. 27 (2008-09-25)
Is Your Child Safe? (2008-09-21)
Lynchburg Police: Most child seats installed incorrectly (2008-09-11)
Consumer Alert: Car Seat Recall
Combi USA is recalling 67,000 child safety seats
Give Kids A Boost
Children who have outgrown forward facing toddler seats need to transition into booster seats.
Consumer Alert: NHTSA Announces ‘Marathon’ Child Safety Seat Recall from Britax
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today announced that Britax Child Safety, Inc., is recalling more than 34,000 Marathon child safety seats because the seats fail to meet federal standards. The specific Marathon seats being recalled are model numbers E9L06, E9W06, and E906, manufactured between May 23 and June 28, 2006.
NHTSA
Releases "Ease-of-Use" Ratings for Child
Safety Seats for 2005
NHTSA Advises Parents, Caregivers: Child Safety Seats Can Be Reused after Minor Crash
Following a review of research on child safety seat performance, the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) revised its advice to parents and caregivers to allow reuse of the seats following a minor crash. (more...) |
