Child Passenger Safety
The Kentucky Office of Highway Safety, through the "Drive Smart" brand provides statewide check-up events, technician classes
and educational presentations throughout the year.
At check-up events, technicians inspect car seats
for correct installation, check for recalls and educate the parents on proper usage of their
seat.
Click here for the Office of Highway Safety CPS Calendar of Events
If you are unable to make it to one of our check-up events we offer appointments to inspect car seats for correct installation, check for recalls and educate the parents on proper usage of their seat. They are available on most Mondays from 12:30 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. by appointment only. You must call our office to schedule.
Office Phone - 502-5641438 or 888-374-8768
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statistics show over 90 % of child safety seats in the United States are installed incorrectly. When used correctly, child safety seats are 71 percent effective in reducing infant fatalities, 67 % effective in reducing the need for hospitalization and 54 % effective in reducing fatalities for children ages 1 to 4.
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear signed legislation last year aimed at improving safety for child passengers in Kentucky.
Senate Bill 120 requires that children younger than 7 and between 40 and 50 inches tall be secured in a booster seat.
The bill requires law enforcement officers to issue citations with a $30 fine with no court costs. In addition, violators will have the option to purchase a booster seat instead of paying the fine.
Booster seats provide an extra step between child safety seats and seatbelts.
Boosters are intended to lift the child up off the vehicle seat to improve the fit of the adult lap and shoulder seatbelt.
The lap portion of the belt should fit low on the hips or high on the thighs and the shoulder portion of the belt should be snug across the collarbone.
An improper fit of the adult safety belt can cause the lap belt to ride up over the stomach and the shoulder belt to cut across the neck, potentially exposing the child to serious abdominal or neck injury.
According to Partners for Child Passenger Safety, more than 90% of 4 to 8-year-old children who were seriously injured in a crash were not restrained in a booster seat.
Click here for more information on child safety seats
The Kentucky Office of Highway Safety maintains the Buckle That Child Hotline.
Motorists may anonymously call the hotline to report the Kentucky license plate of a vehicle with an unrestrained child.
An educational packet with child safety restraint tips is sent to the registered owner of the vehicle.
Just call -
1-888-235-8KID
If you have other questions, please contact our office and ask to speak with someone about child passenger safety.
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