Safe2Ride

Car crashes are a leading cause of death for children…

• 710 children (under 13) were killed in passenger vehicles in 2021, and more than 100,000 were injured.

• In 2021, more than a third (36%) of children (under 13) who died while riding in passenger vehicles were unrestrained.

** Prevention is ALWAYS better than cure **

Be Safe 🤍 Adrienne

Head over to my Instagram page for your last chance at winning a car seat! Entries accepted until midnight!

🎉 Car Seat Giveaway to celebrate Child Passenger Safety Week Sept 17th - 23rd!!! 🎉

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Winner will be announced Sunday, Sept 17th! Winner will have 24hrs to claim once announced.

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NOW OPEN! 🥳 Madison Hospital
Car Seat Fitting Station!

• Mondays by appointment only between 12:30 & 3:00 pm

• 8375 Highway 72 W Madison, AL 35758 - Located near front entrance

• Visit madisonalhospital.org to book your appointment!! Link in bio.

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𝑩𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒂 𝒘𝒆𝒃𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒕, 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒂 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔.

𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒉 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒃𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅.

• 𝑨 𝒔𝒏𝒖𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒑 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌.
• 𝑰𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈.
• 𝑰𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅’𝒔 𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒉, 𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒖𝒔𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅’𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒏 𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.

𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘰-𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴?

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴 & 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘀:
• 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘻𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦.
• 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴.
• 𝘓𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘴.

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀:
• 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳.
• 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴.
• 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴.

As the weather starts to warm up here in Alabama, I'll be covering some important key points to keep your children safe.

No one thinks they could forget a child in their vehicle, but that’s exactly how many of these tragedies happen: a parent or caregiver accidentally leaves a child in a hot car. In approximately half of “forgotten” child deaths, the child was being taken to childcare/preschool. Whether the child was sleeping, and the parent or caregiver forgot that the child was in the car, or the parent was distracted or off their normal routine — these tragic moments of forgetfulness can and do happen.

The best way to avoid this deadly mistake is to get in the habit of checking the back seat every time you leave your vehicle. Look before you lock. You could save a life!

In 2021, 23 children died due to pediatric vehicular heatstroke.
Their ages ranged from 5 months to 11 years old, but more than half were under the age of 2.

From 1998 to the present, a total of 906 children have died due to pediatric vehicular heatstroke. Of the 906 children who died:
52.7% were forgotten by a caregiver;
25.8% gained access on their own;
20.1% were knowingly left by a caregiver; and
1.4% died under unknown circumstances.

𝐼 𝒶𝒷𝓈𝑜𝓁𝓊𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝑒𝒶𝑔𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝑜 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓃!
𝒯𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓀 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒 𝒶 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝑜𝓃𝑒'𝓈 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒!

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A locking clip “locks” a lap-and-shoulder seat belt at a fixed length to secure a car seat when the seat belt retractor and latch plate do NOT have a locking feature.

Three things must be present to use a locking clip:
1. Emergency Locking Retractor (non-locking)
2. Latch Plate: Sliding or Dynamic (non-locking)
3. Lap-and-shoulder belt is one piece of webbing

• Locking clips must be placed according to the car seat manufacturer’s instructions

• Locking clips are required to be no more than one inch (1") from the latch plate.
Always check the car seat manufacturer’s instructions in case less than one inch is mandated

• The locking clip may come off in a crash, which is acceptable as it has already done its job (locking the seat belt at a fixed length until the retractor locks in a crash)

• Locking clips may be provided with the car seats by the car seat manufacturer.

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