Feb 28 2012
Lawyer News Car seat safety often ignored in car pools, study finds. NC safe?
Think all North Carolina drivers take every precaution to keep children safe? Think again. A recent national study discovered that parents often don’t use booster seats when carpooling with preschoolers or young school-age children, increasing the risk of serious injury in a crash.
“I think it’s a complex issue of convenience, expectations, and peer pressure,” Michelle Macy, MD, a pediatrician at the University of Michigan, told WebMD in a recent article. North Carolina has tough car safety seat laws aimed at protecting children from being hurt in a car accident. North Carolina requires all children 8 years old and younger ….
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