Posts tagged car seat

• Does my Teenager Need a Booster Seat??

  Joe Crumley | July 28, 2009 3:03 PM | 15 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Minnesota's new booster seat law brings a whole new group of older kids into booster seats. The new law has been in force since July 1, and folks are asking questions. Does my Teenager Need a...

• Child Car Seats Not Holding Up In Crash Tests

  Mike Bryant | October 08, 2008 9:27 AM | 6 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Virginia-based Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute found Wednesday that 13 booster seats don't put children in the best...

• Cop Allows No Car Seat; Minutes Later, Four Dead

  Joe Crumley | July 30, 2009 12:29 AM | 4 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Police in Litchfield stopped a driver of a Chevy Suburban Tuesday morning for erratic driving, but allowed the driver to go despite having a child without a booster or car seat. Within ninety...

• What Do Accidents Cost?

  Mike Bryant | January 26, 2010 9:01 AM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Here at the Injuryboard, there are all sorts of articles about ways to avoid injuries. Despite the group of comments that call us blood suckers or leeches, it really isn't the case. All of us know...

• Help With Buying Child Car Seats

  Mike Bryant | June 26, 2009 8:29 PM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Couple of weeks ago, I blogged on the August 1st change to the law concerning the use of booster seats for children. I just came across a great article on the places to go, to get help, if you need...

• Booster Seats Through Age Eight

  Mike Bryant | April 09, 2009 9:02 AM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Minnesota Senate passed a bill this week to require booster seats for kids through age 8. Listening to the exchange it clear that this will protect more children. Shorter kids that aren't in car...

• Death on Minnesota Roads: Young People Deaths Down

  Mike Bryant | May 17, 2012 9:44 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Wrongful Death
  

  There was excellent news from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Federal data shows a 40 percent drop in the rate of child accident related deaths in Minnesota with a change...

• Car Pool : Not an Excuse to Forgo Car Seats

  Mike Bryant | April 30, 2012 9:55 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Wrongful Death
  

  National research is suggesting that it is not unusual that when extra kids are added to the ride, they are often not all buckled unsafely. Medicine New Today found: (That University of...

• For Two Years: Keep Child Safety Seats Rear Facing

  Mike Bryant | March 25, 2012 4:09 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In a switch from its previous position, the American Academy of Pediatric, stated in the Pediatrics medical journal, that research shows that children under 2 are 75 percent less likely to die or...

• Buying the Very Best Booster Seat

  Mike Bryant | November 26, 2011 12:10 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Keeping children safe in the car is vital. Booster seats have kept many of our clients children safe in some big crashes that hurt many of the vehicle's occupants. Picking the right seat and making...