Child Car Safety Seat Inspections Available From Roosevelt Island Public Safety Department - If You Have a Kid and a Car, Please Take Advantage of this Service

Image of Child Car Safety Seat From Roosevelt Island Public Safety Dep't

Received the following message from Roosevelt Island Public Safety Director Keith Guerra:

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, motor vehicle crashes are the #1 killer of kids in age groups 1-14.  Safe Kids USA says motor vehicle crashes are the #1 cause of unintentional injury-related death for all children 14 and under.  While some crashes are unsurvivable, over 57% of deaths for children 0-15 were because the child was unrestrained.  Many more were improperly restrained.  Nationally, the misuse rate for child safety seats is over 80% and as high as 95% in some areas.   The good news is that correct use of car seats and boosters does save lives.  Infant seats have been shown to reduce fatal injury by 71%, and toddler seats by 54%.

Just wanted to advise of a new service we will be providing for the Community.

According to RIOC's web site, the new service is:

Please be advised that the Roosevelt Island Public Safety Department now has six Officers trained and certified in the proper installation of Car Seats.  They have completed the Car Safety Seat Technician course sponsored by Safe Kids and DOT and will be available to any resident or worker on the island in need of insuring that their car seats are properly installed in their vehicles.

Just come in to the Public Safety Department, from 7:00am to 11:00pm and ask to have your Car Seat inspected, and this service will be provided for you Free of Charge.

Also, during this Saturday's Health & Fitness Day celebration, the PSD will have a Safety Seat Inspection Station set up by the Gristedes turn-around, to provide this service on that day specifically.

Great service offered by the Roosevelt Island Public Safety Department.

Here's a You Tube Video showing why child car safety seats are so important.

You Tube Video on importance of child safety car seats