East Windsor To Conduct Child Car Seat Safety Checks

EAST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP, NJ — East Windsor has received a $6,000 highway traffic safety grant from the state for a Child Passenger Car Safety Seat initiative, township officials announced.

The program will run from June through September 2019, and is designed to outreach and educate drivers about the proper way to secure child passengers in child seats as required by state law.

Residents can have the child car seats inspected for proper fit and installation for free through the program. They will also receive educational materials regarding use of child car seats and current child restraint laws.

• Saturday, June 15, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Target parking lot, located at 70 Princeton-Hightstown Road;
• Wednesday, July 17, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the East Windsor Police/Court building located at 80 One Mile Road;
• Thursday, Aug. 22, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the East Windsor Police/Court building located at 80 One Mile Road;
• Friday, Sept. 13, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the East Windsor Police/Court building located at 80 One Mile Road; and
• During the Township National Night Out event at the East Windsor PAL complex, 30 Airport Road, on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

A complete inspection of a child passenger safety seat takes less than 10 minutes and will be conducted by nationally certified child passenger safety seat technicians, officials said.

Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of unintentional injury-related deaths among children ages 14 and under in the United States, officials said. Properly installed child safety seats, can prevent injuries and save lives.

Young children restrained in child seats have an 80 percent lower risk of fatal injury than those who are unrestrained. Child safety seats have been shown to reduce fatal injury by 71 percent for infants less than one year old and by 45 percent in toddlers ages one through four years.

National studies have determined that most child safety seats are improperly installed or misused, thus negatively impacting the safety value of these devices.