Child Passenger Safety Awareness
New Booster Seat Law!
http://www.michigansafekids.org/newlaw.php
Lots of great general Child Passenger Safety information:
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/childps/
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/duip/spotlite/chldseat.htm
More General Child Passenger Safety information PLUS crash test footage:
http://www.cpsafety.com/articles/StayRearFacing.aspx
What are the physicians saying about child passenger safety? (Includes information on transporting children with special needs.)
http://www.aap.org/advocacy/ncpsw.htm
What are car manufacturers saying:
Ford:
http://www.fordvehicles.com/clueintosafety/
GM:
http://www.gm.com/company/gmability/safety/protect_occupants/child_passenger_safety/programs.html
Daimler-Chrysler:
http://www.fitforakid.org/
What's going on in Michigan in regards to Child Passenger Safety? Stop by these web sites:
http://www.michigansafekids.org/boostmikids.shtml
Need your child's car seat checked by a certified child passenger technician? Check out this "Locator"
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/childps/Contacts/index.cfm
Looking for a car seat check event near you?
http://www.michigansafekids.org/events.php
Thoughts, advise, info to share? Or looking to see what everyone else is saying? Child Passenger Safety Forum:
http://www.car-seat.org/index.php?s=6aec9dbe79ae1eab9f6cd2ed921cb3a0
Questions about Child Safety? Contact:
Diane Curry, Health Educator and
Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician Instructor
Marquette County Health Department
184 U.S. Highway 41 E.
Negaunee, MI 49866
Phone: 906-475-7848 ext. 254
Fax: 906-475-9312
E-mail:
dcurry@mqtcty.org