The Kansas Highway Patrol will conduct a free car seat safety event from 1 to 3 p.m. Oct. 27 at Iola Walmart.
Certified child passenger safety technicians will offer free car seat inspections and education to parents and caregivers. The event will also include lessons on how to choose the correct car seats for children, and how to install and use them correctly.
Car seats, booster seats, and seat belts are often used incorrectly, Lt. David Thweatt of KHP said in a press release. No parent wants to ever get it wrong when it comes to their childrens safety.
Motor vehicle crashes are a leading killer of children, and the latest research shows that 59 percent of car seats are misused. He added that using age- and size-appropriate car seats and installing them correctly is one of the best ways to reduce these deaths. More than one third of children (12 and under) who died in crashes in 2013 were unrestrained. Many of those kids could have survived if they had been buckled up.
