A Safe Ride
Car Seats are Serious Business
Nothing works well if it is unused. Use your car seat every time, for every trip, even if it is just a short one. Keep in mind that most accidents happen just a few miles from home.
By being consistent, and by making sure your car seats are installed correctly and used right, you can improve the chances that your children will remain safe no matter what happens.
| United Automobile Insurance Group is sending out an invitation for entertainer Britney Spears to come to South Florida and learn how to properly secure an infant in a car safety seat. The North Miami Beach, Florida-based property and casualty company is partnered with Miami Children's Hospital in Miami to provide one of the only indoor Child Safety Seat Check stations in the country. The program, which operates year round, teaches parents, free of charge, how to choose the right child seat, how children should properly be positioned in the seat, and how the seat itself should be positioned in the car. United Automobile Insurance Group underwrites most of the costs of the program, including equipment and staffing. "Those recent photos of Spears' infant son sitting face forward sent a chill down my spine," says Brian Hannigan, a registered nurse and Miami Children's Hospital Community Educator. "While she may not have been breaking the law, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends, at a minimum, that all children under 1 year old, or under 20 pounds, should sit in the back seat of a vehicle, in a child safety seat facing backwards to prevent serious neck injuries."
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