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; ordinator.

a ” Noting: 30 vehicles had drap- ped by the ICBC claims centre . to have their car seats inspected, Lynn -Lalonde said that. figure “was higher than the corporation ~~ had: expected, based on_ the ‘results

‘Child carseat Check rated a great success

‘480 successful was the recent

child car seat safety check, the Skeena Health Unit is already thinking in terms of the next says the event's co-

“That turnout, coupled with the interest shown by parents

“who took ‘part — ‘They were

really: positive about the infor-

.«Mation we gave them’? — sug- Pe gested residents appreciated the

Opportunity to ensure their child seats were correctly install-

“Althoigh no serious pro-

‘blems were found with the . Vehicles calling in at the centre,

© Lalonde said those checking the ~- ar seats found “something not

= quite right” -that. further underlined the

in most cases and

value of: the exercise, “The most frequently detected

“error was in installation of the

tether straps. These run from

“the: top-of:the child carrier-but

often they had not been proper- ly anchored to the floor behind

the -main seat.

‘Another common fault was

“harnesses (seat belt straps) that -were too loose creating the “possibility a child would slide Straight out of the carrier in a

of ‘similar events _@lsewhere in the province.

collision.

Therefore the health unit will

likely repeat it next year, timing the event to coincide with the annual provincial car seat cam- paign. In an effort to make the event bigger and better, she said community groups would be en- couraged to get involved as

well,

Other ideas under considera- tion include organizing similar

. checks in other communities in

the northwest and incorporating information on child car seats into pre-natal classes. By doing the latter, she said, prospective parents would have the infor-

‘mation they needed ‘before

they have the baby rather than after.’

Pointing out the average in- spection had taken about 20 minutes, Lalonde commended the nine volunteers who had taken part for their efforts. The Thornhill Junior. Secondary school’s CounterAttack club had also done a good job keep- ing the kids entertained, she ad- ded.

Also on hand for the event was RCMP Cst. Ken Harkness. Maintaining the rule of thumb when purchasing a child seat should be ‘‘tf it’s not approved {to CSA standards), don’t use

it,’ he also warned against.

picking up second-hand seats. Not only might it be impossible to tell if it was approved, but there could also be unseen

damage from mishandling or a previous accident, he explained.

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CHECKING IT OUT. Thirty peo- ple took advantage of the recent child car seat safety check to get some good advice from those on hand. Above, Cst. Ken Harkness takes Karen Woad- cock through a video presenta- tion outlining what can happen when the seat is not properly in- stalled. While Mum was getting the relevant information, son

Tyler found all the activity ab- -

solutely fascinating and. was quick to point it aut to his Thor- nhill Jr. Secondary: CounterAt- tack ‘club “babysitter”. That's Skeena Health Unit nursing ad- ministrator Rose Dreger in the background checking out the vehicle,

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