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Is your Vehicle Safe for Children?

A well maintained and lubed car will see you right, so long as you drive sensibly and those around you do too. However, if you have children, it is natural to want to be extra safe when it comes to the condition of your car. Many parents though, do not realize how many small things they are getting wrong; especially when it comes to car seats and buckling up.

Here in the United States, 35% of children under the age of 13 who die in car accidents are not wearing seat belts. 600 children die every year here and over 120,000 are injured. That means over 200 lives might be saved if they buckle up or if their child seats are secured properly. So, when you go to take your child for a ride somewhere, remember the 6 most common mistakes parents make with their child car seats:

Using the wrong kind of car seat
Not registering the seat with the manufacturer
Not securing the seat adequately to the vehicle
Not securing the child to the seat properly
Not using booster seats for older children
Ignoring car seat recalls

Get these right, and you are going a long way to helping protect them. To find out about each of these common mistakes and other tips, check out this article on parent and child safety, brought to you by the lawyers at Bell & Pollack P.C.

Source:http://www.bellpollockinjury.com/child-driving-safety-guide/; Bell & Pollack P.C.; Jenny Holt.

Buckle Up, Save a Life—Jiffy Lube Lists Reasons to Wear a Seat Belt

Paying attention to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) seat belt campaign, Buckle up America could save your life. Since most accidents happen within 25 miles of your own fronmoot door, it’s important to make buckling up a habit you NEVER break.

Jiffy Lube of Southern California is committed to community involvement that increases awareness about safety, health, and quality of life for area residents we live and work with. Although this message is for both drivers and passengers, we especially hope you’ll share it with teens, male drivers, and drivers of pick-up trucks— statistically, they’re the least likely to protect themselves with a fastened seatbelt.

Reasons to buckle up when driving or riding in a vehicle are listed below:

The law: Driving unrestrained in most states could land you a ticket. California requires that ALL vehicle occupants be restrained with a seatbelt or child safety seat depending upon their age, height, or weight. California’s primary enforcement law means a driver may be stopped and ticketed for the sole offense of driving unbuckled.

Reduced injuries: Correctly wearing a seatbelt while riding in the front seat of a vehicle decreases fatal crash injuries by 45%; seat belts keep you inside and in your seat in the event of an accident preventing injuries caused from hitting the windshield, steering wheel, or other passengers in the vehicle.

Best defense: Using a seatbelt is the best protection against a crash resulting from the actions of an impaired, aggressive, or distracted driver.

Airbags: Buckling up keeps you in your seat, optimizing the safety benefits of a vehicle’s airbags.

For maximum protection, it’s important to wear your seatbelt correctly: with the lap belt fitting snugly over your hips while the shoulder belt rests across your chest. This ensures the force of a crash will be dispersed across the strongest parts of the body.

We hope you’ll share these reasons for wearing a seatbelt with someone you know, always fasten your own seatbelt, and insist your passengers do the same. For further safety on the road, Jiffy Lube invites you to stop by your local service center soon for routine

vehicle maintenance, including your next oil change.

Is your Vehicle Safe for Children?

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Buckle Up, Save a Life—Jiffy Lube Lists Reasons to Wear a Seat Belt

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