Crime & Safety
Child Seat Inspection at Lilburn Park
Make sure that your child's car or booster seat is installed correctly at the event Sept. 24.
How exactly does the seatbelt go through your kid's car seat? Should a child in a booster seat wear the seatbelt across the lap and shoulder? When does a child no longer need a booster seat? Is my child's seat on a recall list?
These are some of the questions child passenger safety technicians can answer for you Sept. 24 at Lilburn Park from 11 a.m.- 2 p.m.
Safe Kids Gwinnett and the City of Lilburn will be sponsoring the event to demonstrate how to correctly install child passenger safety seats after the mayor of Lilburn announced Passenger Safety Week in Lilburn during the Lilburn city council meeting on Sept. 12.
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"A seat check can take up to 30 minutes depending on the car, seat and possible issues that may arise," said Tania Diaz, Coalition Coordinator for Safe Kids Gwinnett.
It is important we learn how to ensure the safety provided by carseats. The carseat will only work if we take the proper steps to ensure that it is correctly restrained.
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"The parent is also shown how to properly install their seat and the child is checked for fit," said Diaz.
For those who qualify, new seats will be available at a low cost or no cost.
Families can contact their health department or office to fill out the proper paperwork. Upon approval, a class and installation is provided by a certified technician. The value for a top safety rated seat is around $75 dollars. But, according to Coordinator Diaz, a seat is sold at $10 to financially needy families.
The extra push is being made this year to get more seats checked because of . As Safe Kid's statistics from previous events show that nearly four out of five children are restrained improperly.
Safe Kids Gwinnett is dedicated to preventing unintentional injury of children 14 and under. Its members include the City of Lilburn, , and many other community groups and citizens.
If you are unable to make the event, you can always get a car seat check by the Lilburn Police Thursdays from 1-4 p.m. Call for an appointment at other times: 770-921-2211.
