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 1 Child Safety Seats — Basic Story

The California Highway Patrol, people who work at a medical center, and a local news station had a special
program early one morning. They organized a demonstration in a big parking lot. They showed parents and
grandparents how to keep children safe while riding in a car. They showed people how to use children's car
seats.
The officers and medical experts showed adults how to properly place a car safety seat in an automobile. A
safety seat must be tightly fastened so that it will not move. They gave demonstrations on how to place a child
in a safety seat and to use a car's seat belt to lock down a safety seat. The straps of a safety seat must be secure at
the shoulder of a child. That way the seat is safe and effective.
People drove in their own cars to the demonstration. They brought their children with them along with their car
seats. The experts showed them how to position their car seats properly. The experts also looked at the seats that
the parents were using. The parents were told whether their child's seat was safe. The experts looked at the seat
to make sure it was not damaged or broken. They also checked to make sure it was not recalled.
Most of the problems that the experts found were resolved. The biggest problem was that the seats were too
loose or the straps were too low for the children. The parents were given new seats if their child's seat was
damaged or unsafe.
It is a law in California that all children must be in a safety seat or booster seat when they are in a car. A child
must be in a safety seat until they are 6 years old or weigh at least 60 pounds. A child can ride in a car with a
regular seat belt after they become 7 years old or weigh more than 60 pounds.
Car booster seats have to be used with a car's lap and shoulder belt. A booster seat raises a child so that the
vehicle's seat belt can be used correctly.
An adult driving with a child in the car without a safety seat will be fined. They will have to pay a ticket and
they will have a mark on their driving record called a point. If a person receives too many points on their driving
record they can lose their privilege to drive.

 2 Child Safety Seats — Full Story

Dozens of families took part in a car seat safety check this morning at Cal Expo.
Anchor Melissa Crowley joined experts from the California Highway Patrol and the U.C. Davis Medical
Center in a team effort to help parents and grandparents keep their kids safe while riding in the car.
The teams checked each car seat brought into the Cal Expo parking lot to make sure it wasn't damaged or hadn't
been recalled.
The biggest problem experts found involved seats that were too loose, big, or straps that were too low.
New seats were exchanged for those that had been compromised and were no longer safe.

 3 automobile

car or truck

 4 car seat

a seat a young child must sit in while in a car

 5 demonstration

a showing or using of something

 6 effective

working the way something is supposed to

 7 experts

people with special skills or knowledge

 8 fine

money that must be paid as a punishment

 9 privilege

a right that can be taken away if abused

 10 properly

correctly; the right way

 11 recall

to ask for something back

 12 resolve

to clear up or fix

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