July 3, 2008

AAA Minnesota/Iowa offers these tips to make summer travel plans safe for children:

• Seat all children until at least age 12 in the backseat.
• Place infants until at least one year of age and 20 pounds in a rear-facing car seat.
• Secure children from approximately age one to age four in a front-facing car seat.
• Secure older children until 80 pounds and 4’ 9” tall in a booster seat.
• Buckle your seat belt – everybody, every seat, every time.

Whether you're driving across the state or across the country, it’s most important to ensure everyone’s safety. Each child has their own safety and entertainment needs, depending upon age and size, so plan ahead and enjoy your summer travels.

To learn why the CG-Lock gets such good reviews, watch the eye-opening video at: www.CG-Lock.com (click the ‘PLAY’ button) then click on the booster seat button to learn moreEnhance your child’s safety and comfort, and your own, with the CG-Lock

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June 30, 2008

The CG-Lock is not just for child car booster seats...adults see major benefits too! Read what a police officer in England says:

"I am a serving Police officer on a specialist unit and after suffering a back injury whilst on duty around three years ago, I have had trouble sitting in a car for any length of time.

"I have had an operation on my back to rectify the damage but this seemed to do little for me.

"Cut back to late last year when I saw the CG Lock at the Top Gear MPH Show, I got one of these and gave it a try. This may sound strange but I was pottering around the house about three moths after getting the CG Lock and I thought to myself that I hadn't had any sciatica, those horrible shooting pains down your lower back and legs, for some time.

"The only thing that had changed a that time was that I was using the CG Lock every time I used a car. I used it in my own car to and from work and transferred it to my work car when I got there.

"I found it greatly improved my posture and kept me snug in my seat, which has benefitted me greatly. I am even more convinced the CG Lock is the sole cause of this, as I didn't use it for around 4 weeks earlier this year and my sciatica came back.

"I now never go out without it and the back pains have gone again.

"Would I recommend this item to anyone with back pain? Well, everyone's back is different but if you suffer from back pain or sciatica, the price of one of these is nothing compared to the better quality of life it has given me - I'm 27 and now feel like I did when I was 23/24 before I was injured. So I'd say, go on, give it a go.

"It really has made the difference to me and I have recommended it to family and friends and also brought it to the attention of my HR department at work. Thank you CG Lock team."

JJ, Policeman, S England. (Kept anonymous due to Police regulations)



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June 26, 2008

Caution: A booster seat can injure you

They're designed to enhance children's safety, but unsecured, unoccupied seats can become dangerous projectiles in a high-speed crash.

From RAQUEL RUTLEDGE (rrutledge@journalsentinel.com; originally posted: Oct. 27, 2007)

George Clark clicked his seat-belt buckle and relaxed in the back seat of his friend's car as they headed home from a Boy Scout leader training weekend in Kiel. It was a warm June afternoon, and Clark, 52, chatted with the other two dads sitting up front. Clark paid no attention to the empty booster seat beside him.

Then a car darted across the highway in front of them and they hit it, going close to 50 mph. Clark doesn't remember what happened during the impact. But severe injuries to the left side of his head and face indicate the unsecured booster seat became airborne and bashed into him, pulverizing his cheekbone, shattering his jaw and causing other injuries.

"It's something people don't think about," said Lynn Clark, George's wife. "This should go on Good Morning America to tell the world (booster seats) can become projectiles and seriously hurt people."

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does not keep data on how often people are injured by unsecured booster seats or even on how often people are hurt by any loose cargo. But researchers have found that in a collision, especially a frontal one, unrestrained cargo flies forward with a force exponentially greater than its weight. At 55 mph, a 20-pound parcel exceeds 1,000 pounds of force. A can of peas or the family pet can cause serious injury or even death.

Reference: http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=679607; Milwaukee Journal sentinal

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June 19, 2008

PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --

Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among children ages 3 to 14, according to NHTSA. In 2005, 1,946 children ages 14 and under died and an estimated 234,000 were injured in crashes.

Safe Kids Buckle Up, the child passenger safety program of Safe Kids USA sponsored by General Motors and Chevrolet, has reached a milestone no other program can claim: one million child safety seats checked for proper installation.

"A Safe Kids child seat inspection provides hands-on training for parents and caregivers," said Mitch Stoller, president and CEO of Safe Kids Worldwide. "At about 30 minutes per inspection, the milestone we are celebrating today represents more than 500,000 volunteer hours -- or 57 years of one person working around the clock. Our thousands of volunteers are the backbone of Safe Kids Buckle Up and they work tirelessly to help make sure the children who come to a checkup event are safer when they leave than when they arrived."

"Keeping all children safer in vehicles is one of our top priorities," said Nicole R. Nason, administrator for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. "Programs like Safe Kids Buckle Up have helped to change the culture of car seat safety in the United States and have been essential in protecting our most precious passengers."

Significant progress has been made since 1997 when the program checked its first car seat. Statistics from NHTSA show a 25 percent drop in vehicle crash fatalities for children under the age of 5 from 1997 to 2006 (the latest year with available data).

More good news has been seen in restraint use. Car seats have saved the lives of an estimated 3,800 children ages 0 to 4 from 1997 to 2006. Of the children in fatal crashes where restraint use was known, 46 percent were unrestrained in 1997. This number decreased to 25 percent in 2006.

"Safe Kids USA and General Motors have been leaders in child occupant protection," said Mark V. Rosenker, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board. "As we have said before, the Safe Kids Buckle Up program has given families across the country the peace of mind that comes with knowing how to properly secure their children in a vehicle. Checking a million seats through the Safe Kids Buckle Up program has likely resulted in hundreds of lives being saved because of the proper use of car seats and booster seats."

(Reference: http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2008/06/12/089815.html)



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