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Palmdale Station cracking down on child restraint violations

by The AV Times Staff • March 24, 2014

California law requires children, regardless of age, to ride in a safety seat or booster seat if the safety belt doesn't fit properly.
California law requires children, regardless of age, to ride in a safety seat or booster seat if the safety belt doesn’t fit properly.

PALMDALE – The Palmdale Sheriff Station will be partnering with “SafteyBeltSafeU.S.A.” and Palmdale’s Public Safety Office in raising awareness of child seat/restraint use during a special enforcement week.

The specialized enforcement week began Sunday and will continue through Saturday, March 29. Deputies on patrol will be making a special effort to strictly enforce child restraint laws.

Strong enforcement of these laws has been shown to be one of the most effective ways to increase restraint usage, thus lowering the possibility of serious or fatal injuries to vehicle passengers 16 years of age or younger.

According to data provided by the California Highway Patrol, more than 80% of the children under four years of age killed in traffic collisions since 1990 died in survivable crashes. What this means is if the parent had properly buckled their children in, these children may have survived the crash.

Many people do not realize that California law requires children, regardless of age, to ride in a safety seat or booster seat if the safety belt doesn’t fit properly. Another point is that most parents use the safety seats improperly, even though they believe they are using them properly. Another problem related to child seats is recalled child seats due to deficiencies or malfunction issues. Over 20 million safety seats have been recalled and many of those recalled have not been repaired.

Please join with the Sheriff’s Department Palmdale Station in making an effort toward keeping your children safe and properly restrained while riding in your vehicles. They are depending on you to keep them safe. Don’t let them down.

(Information via press release from the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station.)

Filed Under: Palmdale

8 comments for "Palmdale Station cracking down on child restraint violations"

  1. Tiffany says

    March 25, 2014 at 2:58 pm

    The Children’s Center of the Antelope Valley will be hosting a car seat safety workshop on April 25, 2014. The Spanish speaking workshop will take place from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. and the English speaking workshop will take place from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Some families may receive a free car seat. For more information, please call (661) 949-1206 ext. 261

  2. Kristi says

    March 25, 2014 at 9:01 am

    Saturday march 29th at the lancaster outlet mall AKA lancaster market place will have CHP there checking carseats. They will be near the kids consignment sale 3 day event next to vitamin worlld

    • Samamtha says

      March 26, 2014 at 12:57 pm

      What time is the event on Saturday, March 29th?

  3. Monique says

    March 24, 2014 at 7:10 pm

    http://www.dmv.org/how-to-guides/buying-child-seat.php#Age-and-Weight-Requirements

  4. vanessa says

    March 24, 2014 at 7:01 pm

    Where can I go check to see if my kids are properly strapped in?

    • Monique says

      March 24, 2014 at 7:10 pm

      http://www.dmv.org/how-to-guides/buying-child-seat.php#Age-and-Weight-Requirements

    • Chip says

      March 24, 2014 at 8:35 pm

      Call the CHP in Lancaster to schedule a free child seat installation.
      (661) 948-8541

  5. sam c says

    March 24, 2014 at 6:16 pm

    is there somewhere we can go to properly secure your CRS ?

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