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How badly fitted car seats threaten child safety
Submitted by oscar on 4 October, 2011 - 16:30Two-thirds of child car passengers are being put at risk of injury or death because of poorly fitted seats, the Observer has learned. At least 66% of car seats for babies and young children
are wrongly fitted, according to figures supplied by local authority
road safety officers around the country. Many were poorly fitted by
parents, but a separate investigation by consumer group Which? found
that almost half those installed by retailers' own fitting services were
Seven children in 4 states die after being left in hot cars
Submitted by gina on 13 August, 2012 - 11:13
The five-day period from August 2 - 6 brought tragedy to families in Arkansas, Tennessee, Florida and New Mexico as 7 children died of heat stroke after being left in hot vehicles.
According to KidsAndCars.org, a national nonprofit child safety organization working to prevent injuries and deaths of children in and around motor vehicles, the 7 heat stroke deaths recorded were:
Introducing the Carkoon child seat
Carkoon co-founders Jullian Preston-Powers and Jeff Meers are interviewed by Nassim Ramadan for the BBC World News Service Middle East 4 Tech Show
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