LIMA, OH (WLIO) - Local first responders help make sure that kids are as safe as they can be while riding in a car.
The car seat technicians from the Lima Police and Fire Departments and from Dayton Children’s Hospital were at the Lima Public Library doing safety checks. Ohio law requires that children must ride in a car seat or booster seat until they are eight years old or 4 feet 9 inches tall. The experts were on hand to help fix some common mistakes that parents or guardians make when they are installing their car or booster seats.
“Some of them are not pulled tight enough,” says Eric Mericle, Lima Police Department. “You want to have less than 2 inches of play where the belt or the tethers meet the seat. You also find out that they use both the seat belt and the tethers which is a no-no.”
If you couldn’t make it out Saturday and would like to get your car seat checked, you can contact either the Lima Police or Fire Departments or Shawnee Township to schedule a time for the car seat technicians to give your setup a once over.
