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Group helps teach child safety seat awareness
Published Friday, September 26, 2008
NATCHEZ — Safe Kids Mississippi Executive Director Michael Hughes is working with local law enforcement to train officers and deputies to be certified child passenger safety technicians. And newly certified technicians will take their new knowledge to the community from 3 to 5 p.m. today at the Wal-Mart parking lot.
Safe Kids Mississippi will sponsor a voluntary child safety checkpoint where residents can get their safety seats checked and adjusted free of charge.
Hughes said this is a very important service for the safety of Mississippi children.
“In Mississippi we see a misuse rate of child restraints of over 90 percent,” Hughes said.
Car accidents are the leading cause of death among children, Hughes said. But children can also suffer life-long injuries if they are not properly restrained.
“The fatalities really represent the tip of the iceberg when it comes to car accidents,” he said.
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Posted by crackbaby (anonymous) on September 26, 2008 at 8:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Big thanks to Mr. Hughes for his involvement in such a worthy cause. If your effort saves one child's life, the result of your involvement will have been priceless. Thanks Again!
Posted by freedom42 (anonymous) on September 27, 2008 at 8:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Are there seat belts on school buses? If not, then why? Kids spend hours each day going to school on buses, shouldn't they be safe then?
Posted by crackbaby (anonymous) on September 27, 2008 at 5:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I've often wondered about that myself, freedom42. Excellent question. I wonder if the school board has thought about addressing this issue?
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