This
month is child safety awareness month in Florida and the Florida
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is reminding
motorists to focus on child safety on and around Florida roads and
ensure all children are correctly buckled into a vehicle, every time.
In
2017 there were over 132 thousand crashes in Florida involving
children under the age of 18, resulting in nearly 1700 serious bodily
injuries and 134 deaths.
Almost
50 percent of child passengers that died in a crash were not
wearing any type of restraint in 2017.
Florida
law requires all drivers and occupants in the front seat of a vehicle
to fasten their safety belts.
Occupants
under the age of 18, regardless of where they sit in a vehicle, also
must buckle up.
The
Florida Highway Patrol offers free car seat installation and safety
checks at major FHP troop stations throughout the state.
Parents
and guardians can call any local
FHP office to
schedule an appointment with a certified car seat technician.
And
remember to never leave a child unattended or unsupervised in a motor
vehicle.
It
is extremely hot, especially in Florida, and leaving a child in a car
can result in the child’s injury or death.
The
inside of a vehicle can heat up by 20 degrees in just 10 minutes and
a child’s body temperature can rise three to five times faster than
an adult’s and heatstroke in a closed vehicle can occur when the
temperature is as low as 57 degrees outside.
If
you would like more child safety tips – go on-line to the Florida
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles website.
http://live.oysterradio.com/
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