All Posts Tagged With: "Car Seat Safety"

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Feb
2009

Phoenix Sun Player Jailed for Driving Recklessly With 3-Year-Old Son Unrestrained In Back Seat

Phoenix Suns Guard Jason Richardson was suspended without pay by the Suns after being jailed Sunday night for driving recklessly with his 3-year-old son unrestrained in the back seat.

He was booked on counts or endangerment, reckless driving, failure to use a child seat and excessive speed.

“I just want to apologize to everybody, teammates, my [...]

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10
Feb
2009

B.C. Tragedy Highlights Why Babies Shouldn’t Sleep In Their Car Seats

A tragedy in British Columbia has reinforced why parents shouldn’t let they babies sleep in their car seats for extended periods.
A 10-month-old baby boy died at his home Sunday after he stopped breathing while sleeping in a car seat.
The baby was being looked after by his aunt and uncle when the couple realized that they [...]

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17
Dec
2008

RECALL: Britax Frontier Child Restraints

Britax Child Safety, Inc. is conducting a voluntary safety recall on the Frontier combination Harness-2-Booster child restraints. The recall includes Frontier child restraints manufactured between April 1, 2008 and Sept. 14, 2008 for Model #s E9L54E7, E9L54H6, E9L54H7 and E9L54M6 andbetween April 1, 2008 and Sept. 17, 2008 on Model # E9L5490.
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Oct
2008

Car Seat Safety: 13 Booster Seats Get Poor Safety Ratings

A Virginia-based Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute found Wednesday that 13 booster seats don’t put children in the best position to be protected in a crash.
The Institute, which conducts crash tests of new vehicles, did not recommend: Compass B505, Compass B510, Cosco/Dorel Traveler, Evenflo Big Kid Confidence, [...]

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14
Sep
2008

Graco Introduces The Snugride 32

Before Graco’s launch, this past weekend, 2 other car seat manufacturers held the title for largest weight capacity for an infant seat.
Graco has exceeded the previous stats of 30lbs/30inches by releasing their Snugride 32.
The company has done their research and says that this seat will accommodate 97% of one year-olds to keep your [...]

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5
Mar
2008

Orbit Introduces Toddler Car Seat

In just a few weeks, Orbit baby will be releasing their much anticipated toddler car seat.
The stroller company began with just an infant car seat and stroller base. They later introduced a toddler stroller attachment, cradle and now, a toddler car seat.
Like many of their other products, the car seat has been designed with [...]

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4
Mar
2008

RECALL: Combi Infant Car Seats Due To Potential Seperation Hazard

Combi is recalling more than 67,000 Centre, Centre ARB, and Shuttle infant child restraint systems, model nos. 8065, 8074, 8086, 8087, and 8520, and associated travel systems, model nos. 4400, 4515, and 4520, that contain Centre and Shuttle car seat models.

This recall includes the entire production of these models from October 2005 through December [...]

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