News During April, 2009

Upcoming Car Seat Checks – Summer 2009

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Saturday, May 2 from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Babies R Us, North Olmsted, 26520 Lorain Road Saturday, June 6 from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Babies R Us, Mentor, 7841 Mentor Ave Friday, June 12 from Noon – 4:00 pm Pat O’Brien Chevrolet in Willoughby Hills, 2810 Bishop Road Saturday, June 20 from 10:00 [...]

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Motorcycle Safety – Make Yourself Conspicuous

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Content of this page courtesy of High-Viz.org Why Go High-Viz? Ask any rider, and they will probably tell you their biggest safety concern is being cut off, run over, or otherwise violated by another driver in traffic. It’s a constant, serious threat. However, as a rider, you can take control of the situation by making [...]

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Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month – May 2009

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Motorcycle fatalities represent approximately five percent of all highway fatalities each year, yet motorcycles represent just two percent of all registered vehicles in the United States. One of the main reasons motorcyclists are killed in crashes is because the motorcycle itself provides virtually no protection in a crash. For example, approximately 80 percent of reported [...]

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Safety Jamboree – Safe Kids Week

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

To celebrate National Safe Kids Week (April 26 – May 3, 2009), the Safe Kids Greater Cleveland Coaltion is planning a family-friendly interactive safety day addressing a broad spectrum of summer safety issues.  Details of the Safety Jamboree are given below: What: Safety Jamboree – a kid-friendly safety fair Where: Children’s Museum of Cleveland When:  [...]

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Keep your toddler in a rear-facing car seat until age 2 (not 1)

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

New research indicates that toddlers are more than five times safer riding rear-facing in a car safety seat up to their  second birthday. Following are some safety tips for car seat use: All infants should ride rear-facing in either an infant car seat or convertible seat. If an infant car seat is used, the infant [...]

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Primary Seat Belt Law Provision of HB 2 Struck Down by the Ohio Senate

Monday, April 6th, 2009

After surviving the vote in the Ohio House, the provision of the HB 2 that would have upgraded our seat belt law from a secondary to a primary infraction was struck down by the Senate in March.  A Committee of Conference was established to work out the differences between the version of the transportation bill [...]

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Playground Safety Awareness Week

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

Spring is here, and that means children will be back on the playround.  Playground Safety Awareness Week is April 19 – 25, 2009, and the goal is to promote best practices to prevent or reduce the severity of injuries.  Each year more than 200,000 children go to hospital emergency rooms due to playground-related injuries, and [...]

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Prepare your family for pool safety month

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

You think that it could never happen to your family, but each year more than 800 children drown. These incidents are not only preventable but predictable. Here are the five truths about children who drown and what you can do to help keep your children safe around water. Children drown quickly and silently—in a matter [...]

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