Have your car seat checked by an expert at State Farm® Child Safety Day
Mount Juliet, Tenn., May 4, 2011—Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of unintentional death of children over age one in the United States, yet many of these heartbreaking tragedies could be avoided through appropriate safety restraint use. State Farm is tackling this national problem by hosting its Eleventh Annual Child Safety Day at more than 200 locations across the country.
A local event will be held Saturday, May 7, from 10:30 - 2:00 p.m. at Providence Marketplace in Mt. Juliet. Car seat technicians from Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, the proud leader of Safe Kids of Cumberland Valley, will provide free inspections of child safety seats, assisted by State Farm agent Jeff Gannon. “By hosting Child Safety Day events, State Farm continues its commitment to child passenger safety. We want to do our part to help parents with the important yet often confusing task of keeping their children safe in the car," said Gannon.
Since 2001, State Farm has hosted events at more than 2,000 sites and has inspected more than 73,000 child safety seats. These events have helped thousands of parents work with certified car seat technicians to make sure they are using their car seats correctly.
Research shows at least 70 percent of child restraint systems are used incorrectly, increasing the child’s risk of injury during a crash. Car seat technicians report that the most common mistakes include turning the car seat to a forward-facing position too soon, not strapping the child securely enough into the car seat, not securing the car seat tightly enough to the vehicle, and moving the child to an adult seat belt too soon. For more information about child passenger safety, visit State Farm Child Safety Day or go to www.statefarm.com or www.nhtsa.dot.gov.
Judy McConkey, State Farm Insurance at (615) 692-6280.
State Farm insures more cars and homes than any other insurer in the U.S., is the leading insurer of watercraft and is also a leading insurer in Canada. Our 17,800 agents and more than 66,000 employees serve 81 million policies and accounts - more than 79 million auto, fire, life and health policies in the United States and Canada, and nearly 2 million bank accounts. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company is the parent of the State Farm family of companies. State Farm is ranked No. 34 on the Fortune 500 list of largest companies. For more information, please visit statefarm.com® or in Canada statefarm.ca®.
