Sponsored by the Oklahoma SAFE KIDS Coalition, a program of the Oklahoma State Department of Health, the child safety seat check-up will allow parents to drive through an inspection station where checkers will review a comprehensive checklist to ensure that the seat is correctly installed and that the child is properly buckled into the seat.
Inspectors also check for recalled seats.
Free replacement seats will be available for the first 20 families in need. Despite laws in all 50 states, observation surveys reveal that only 60 percent of all children are buckled up, and of those, more than 80 percent are not restrained correctly. Most parents believe they are taking all the right steps to protect their kids in the car. Buckle Up program, a national effort to get more children properly restrained in vehicles. The program, sponsored by the National SAFE KIDS Campaign and General Motors, was developed in response to the call to reduce the misuse of child safety seats made by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Blue Ribbon Panel on Child Restraint and Vehicle Compatibility.