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Show I IB Sun Advocate Price. Utah Thursday May 25. 2000 ' , Above: Utah Highway Patrol trooper Jason Marshal and wife bring daughter Riley to the car seat checkpoint and receive assists nee from Kathryn Peczuh in choosing a seat to fit the infants age and weight Right Keirra and Dusti Dennis enjoy balloons and cotoringwtiilethey wait for baby-sittJanet Roedel to find the appropriate car seats. Far right: Dakota Fuller and mother Michelle help themsetvestothe cookies and punch er provided. Below-- . Joey Terrell and Destiny Nelson try out their new car seats while volunteers check to assure parents the seats are property installed. Utah amends safety belt law I , y -- r v - , A' 4 ' J ;0:r Left: Stacy and Hunter Mortensen arrive on the scene. Below: Caleb and Jordan Nelson find the box more interesting than the car seat it once contained. Bottom: Charlene and Pad Dupin attend the car seat safety class with grandson 1S 7V baby-sitte- . PBtrickZahn. 4 4 J I ' 4 f 4 4 2 i! s re ' ' jc . V V 4 X 4, I V,S , : j. . Tr: y .Jt7 - b , A ' - S x. ' " vv .V Ok . iVa "ft ! lv; V. ,Mr r' "v r k - L.;v ? " 4i, .ji' - !' V; - o SV' 1 . ' I. . I ny Children who are not budded up are three times more likely to be seriously hurt In a traffic accident. But it is not enough to Just buckle up. Car seats must .be used correctly to prevent injury And that was the purpose of Fridays grandparent and community car seat safety checkpoint Volunteers from Castleviews women center; Southeastern Utah Health district Carbon and Emery sheriffs offices and Wellington and Helper police departments assisted grandpar--' In checking eats,, parents and even to maim sure they were the appropriate size and style for the age and weight of the child, as well as property Installed. Unfortunately; motor vehicle crashes continue to be the leading cause of death and acquired disability .in children over age one in this country" said Dr. Flaura K. Winston, the principal investigator for the study by The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia and State Ffcrm Insurance. Police from 8,100 agencies around the country plan to Increase patrols and use seat belt checkpoints to target drivers transporting unbuckled kids. "Shame on the person who gets in the car and doesnt have more regard for that childs life, said Assistant Chief Terrance Gainer of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department "Fbr the person who's so shameless, were going to take them to Jail or give them a ticket. We're going to help you save your kids even if you wont. ' Utahs Safety Belt Law has recently been amended. The revised law became effective May 1. The purpose of the law is to protect Utahns from needless death and Injury and reduce taxpayer costs resulting from traffic collisions. Children under five years of age must be property restrained in an approved car safety seat In a motor vehicle. The driver and all passengers are required to be buckled if a seat belt is available. One may be stopped and cited if anyone under 19 years is unrestrained. Occupants of the motor vehicle 19 years and older may be cited only for a seat belt violations when stopped for some other violation. The driver is responsible for unrestrained occupants in the vehicle under the age of 1 6. Violators will be subject to a fine of $45, reduced to $15 upon completion of a traffic safety educational class. car-sea- ts rs Jy J ifiuwpjr I 'I ' A. l , . f , ? -- v v. "" 3 . 1"- - . .. . - . A v j if l,y ? , 4 T- i; - ..j. 1 Alii! !A ; A q 4 . U Ct'-- : V. v t |