Car Seat Safety Check Scheduled for February 17

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Contact: George Rose, 240-777-3678
or Sue Rogan, 240-777-3722

For Immediate Release: January 14, 2000

Car Seat Safety Check
Scheduled for February 17

Montgomery County, Fitzgerald Automotive and the Montgomery County SAFE KIDS Coalition are sponsoring a free car seat check on Thursday, February 17 from 12 noon to 5 p.m. The car seat check will be held at Fitzgerald Pontiac-Buick-GMC in Rockville, which is located at 5501 Nicholson Lane, near White Flint Mall. Inspections will be conducted on a first-come, first-served basis. No appointment is necessary.

Trained safety specialists will check car seats for proper installation, age/size appropriateness and to see if the seats have been recalled or visibly damaged. The National Safe Kids Campaign reports that car seats, when correctly installed and used, are extremely effective in saving children's lives in automobile crashes, reducing the risk of death by as much as 71 percent. National studies, however, have found that more than 80 percent of car seats are installed or used incorrectly.

For more information, call the Montgomery County Car Seat Hotline at 240-777-3660.

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