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Parents Flunk Child Car Seat Safety Checks

Results from recent child car seat inspections in New York indicate that parents need to do a better job of buckling up their little ones. Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office says 931 car seats were inspected at a series of state-run …

China Ministry Preparing Plan for Mandatory Car Safety Seats

China’s traffic regulator is preparing a proposal to make the use of child-safety seats in vehicles mandatory in the country to reduce the number of fatalities and injuries in the world’s largest auto market. The Ministry of Public Security, whose …

Nearly 3.8M Graco Child Car Seats Recalled

Graco is recalling nearly 3.8 million car safety seats because children can get trapped by buckles that may not unlatch. But the company has drawn the ire of federal safety regulators who say the recall should include another 1.8 million …

China Pushes Little Emperor Safety Seats to Cut Road Toll: Cars

China lost almost three times as many children in car accidents as the U.S. last year, even though it has fewer than half the number of vehicles. The government increased penalties this year for failing to fasten seatbelts or using …

Dorel Juvenile Recalls 89,000 Child Safety Seats

Dorel Juvenile USA is recalling more than 89,000 child safety seats because labels showing how to install them could be wrong. The recall affects some Safety 1st Complete Air LX, Safety 1st Complete Air SE, Safety 1st Alpha Omega Elite …

Wyoming and Utah Troopers Push Child Safety

State troopers from both the Wyoming Highway Patrol and the Utah Highway Patrol recently worked together to check children’s safety seats and replaced some of them. Troopers from both states worked together with the Safe Kids Uinta County group recently …

Arizona Seatbelt Campaign to Start Next Week

Prescott Valley police will be among law enforcement agencies around Arizona that will be cracking down next week to ensure drivers are wearing their seatbelts and that parents are using child safety seats. The weeklong effort is part of the …