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Think Safety First
This being National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week, parents are urged to double-check that their children are buckled up safely when riding in cars and trucks.
It's imperative to remember that children ages 12 and under, and particularly infants, should always be properly secured in the back seat — statistically the safest place for all children to ride.
Every state requires the use of child safety seats and safety belts, and reports done by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration say usage has increased drastically over the past 15 years.
Yet motor vehicle accidents remain the number one cause of death among children — a frightening statistic. However, hundreds of deaths and serious injuries might be stopped each year, if all children were properly restrained in child safety seats and with safety belts. Statistics from the Virginia Coalition for Vehicle Choice show the number would be cut in half.
Correct usage of each seat type is critical to the health and well being of your child and parents should ensure that older children are wearing vehicle safety belts properly.
Infants under one year of age should be transported in infant seats that face the rear of the vehicle and should be in the back seat. Children age 1 -4 should be in toddler seats, which should be installed facing forward in the rear seat. Larger children in that age range may be able to use a booster seat, which work together with the vehicle's safety belts. Older children should use the vehicle's safety belts. And children ages 12 and under should ride in the back seat.
All child seats now come with a postage-paid registration card — use it. Owners may check to see if a seat has been recalled by calling the NHTS/*' oil-free hot line (800) 424-9393. And if a seat has been recalled make sure to take advantage of the free repairs.
Parents are their childrens' best chance for a safe ride in a motor vehicle.
Don't be a Victim
It seems as though every time you pick up a paper or turn On the television the news media is reporting on some type of fraud being perpetrated on an innocent, hard working citizen.
This week a case of fraud on the international level landed in Rappahannock County.
This particular scheme has already been reported on in national newspapers and on television. However, it has and continues to rope in unwary citizens all over the U.S.
The rule of thumb here should be to follow the old adage, "If it sounds too good to be true it probably is." This is usually the case.
Don't be a victim of fraud. If you believe someone is trying to swindle you out of your hard earned dollars contact the authorities. Better safe than swindled.
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