Safety inspectors will show you how to install your vehicle seat; and how to properly buckle your child in, so, bring your child with you. Other factors, such as seat selection, installation, harnessing and avoidance of distracted driving are also important.

“It’s either people don’t know they have those lower anchors or they’re in an effort to be extra safe, they’re using the seat belt and those lower anchors”, said Camille Becker, Target Zero manager for the Yakima Police Department. “You don’t even have to put a stamp on it. It already has postage paid for, and if that’s too hard for you, you can actually register your vehicle seats online”, says Johnson.

If the parent has registered their vehicle seat, Recaro will notify them and send them a length of webbing which will rectify the hazard.

The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with the Tennessee Governor’s Highway Safety Office, will hold the following events during Child Passenger Safety Week September 14-19.

According to Block, at least one child safety-seat inspection will be conducted by each troop throughout this week.

Kids old enough to use booster seats are twice as likely to be seriously injured or killed in auto accidents as babies are.

“Keeping children safe is a large responsibility, and seat checks and educational materials we have available are a great resource for parents and caregivers”, said PennDOT Secretary, Leslie S. Richards. In addition, law states that children four through seven years old must ride in a child passenger restraint or booster seat. The company found that in the event of a crash, the child restraint could fail to protect the child from contacting interior surfaces of the vehicle, increasing the risk of injury.

Which is why officers are always on the lookout, trying to keep children safe.

Ray reached out to Safe Kids of Northeast Florida for help. The top tether can reportedly detach from the seat during a crash.