Georgia Trooper Eric Tallent, left, installs a car seat as 8-year-old Koby Lewis looks on during a demonstration teaching parents about the new safety seat law at the Georgia State Patrol post in LaFayette, Ga., Thursday morning.Exceptions to the child seat law• Children under 8 who are over 4 feet 9 and weigh 57 pounds• Those with a written statement from a physician that says the child has a medical condition• Those riding in a taxi cab or public transit vehicle
LAFAYETTE, Ga. – Traci Reece has seen her share of close calls involving children in vehicles.
At checkpoints and safety events, the leader of the Safe Kids Walker County Coalition has seen children hanging out of a car seat that’s too snug, kids too small being choked by seat straps across their necks and children buckled into car seats that weren’t attached properly.
“You realize how much can go wrong,” said Reece, whose group is part of a statewide organization that promotes all aspects of child safety.
Most unsafe scenarios with children and car seats could be avoided by education, she said.