IT IS ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT THINGS PARENTS CAN DO
TO PROTECT CHILDREN.
THAT IS TO INSTALL THEIR CAR
SEAT.
INSTALLING IT IS ONE THING
BUT MAKING SURE IT IS INSTALLED
RIGHT IS VITAL.
AT SMITH AND FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
WE WANT TO TALK
ABOUT NATIONAL
CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY WEEK THAT
GETS UNDERWAY MONDAY.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE CAR
SEATS AND WE WILL GET TO A
MINUTE.
YOU WOULD LIKE TO THINK WE WOULD
NOT NEED A LAW THAT PEOPLE WOULD
WANT TO PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN.
ABSOLUTELY WE KNOW WE WANT
THE BEST FOR KIDS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE
UNDERSTANDS HOW.
THERE IS A LAW AND THERE ARE
GUIDELINES FOR AGE GROUP SPIRIT
LET'S GO OVER IT FOR WE HAVE A
GRAPHIC.
BUT
LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.
AT A MINIMUM, IF YOUR KID IS
UNDER AGE EIGHT, YOU NEED TO
EITHER BE IN A BOOSTER OR IN A
CHILD SEAT.
THAT IS THE LOT.
RECOMMENDATIONS -- THAT IS THE
LAW.
UNDER H-2 WE HOPE YOU
KEEP YOUR
CHILD REAR FACING AS LONG AS
POSSIBLE.
IF YOUR CHILD -- UNDER THE AGE
OF TWO WE HOPE YOU KEEP YOUR
CHILD FACING THE REAR AS LONG AS
POSSIBLE.
IT IS $500
MAXIMUM PLUS YOU
HAVE TO GO TAKE A COURSE IF THE
LAWS BROKEN.
IF ANYTHING SHOULD OCCUR THAT
PUTS HER CHILD AT RISK, FIND AND
THE CLASSES NOTHING.
WE KNOW THE BEST THING FOR US IS
TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP OUR KIDS
SAFE.
THE FINE IS HARD ENOUGH TO
PAY THE MONEY.
BUT THE COURSE, OH NO YOU HAVE
TO GO AND THAT'S THE WALK OF
SHAMANS THAT CLASSROOM YOU DO
NOT WANT TO BE IN THAT
CLASSROOM.
EXACTLY.
AND THE BIG THING EVERYBODY
SHOULD UNDERSTAND.
YOU'VE YOUR CHILD IN A SEAT LIKE
THIS, THEIR SURVIVABILITY
INCREASES BY 50% TO 70%.
ITS HUGE.
IS NOT AS HAVING THE SEAT AND
HAVING YOUR CHILD IN IT.
IT HAS TO BE FASTENED TO THE
CAR.
BABY HAS TO BE PROPERLY SECURED
IN THE SEAT.
TALK ABOUT THE FIT TEST.
THAT IS A BIG THING.
ABSOLUTELY.
AS A FATHER WHO IS STRESSED OUT
ABOUT THE SEAT, WHO PUT IT IN
WRONG, MANY TIMES.
I THINK ALL OF US HAVE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE
IT EASY.
WE HAVE INFORMATION ON OUR
WEBSITE TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE
CAN
RUN THEIR KIDS THROUGH THIS TEST
TO SEE IF THEIR CHILD SEATS OR
BOOSTER SEATS ARE PUT IN
CORRECTLY.
IF YOU NEED MORE HELP ON THAT,
WE HAVE EVENTS COMING UP THAT
PEOPLE CAN HELP YOU OUT WITH.
AND THE ARSON INSPECTION
SITES -- AND THESE ARE
INSPECTION SITES YOU CAN GO
THERE AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE
DIALED IN 100%.
LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE
WHAT INSPECTION SITES ACROSS THE
STATE.
ON SAFETY CHECK SATURDAY,
SAFETY SEAT SATURDAY, WE ARE
HAVING LOCATIONS ON FOUR ISLANDS
MAKE SURE PEOPLE CAN COME AND
AND BRING THEIR SEATS IN, BRING
THEIR KIDS IN AND WE CAN SHOW
THEM EXACT THE HOW TO PUT IT IN
MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS SAFED.
WE'LL SET INFORMATION -- MIXER
EVERYTHING IS SAFE.
ALSO INFORMATION MEETINGS
TOMORROW ON HOWIE -- TOMORROW ON
THE BIG ISLAND AND MAUI ON THE
22ND.
FROM WHAT YOU SEE
ON HPD ARE
MOST PEOPLE ATTEMPTING TO TRY TO
DO THE RIGHT THING?
I KNOW WE AUSSIE CASES WHERE WE
SEE THAT MOM OR DAD HOLDING A
BABY IN THE LAP AND I CRINGE, WE
ALL CRINGE WILL BE SET.
ABSOLUTELY.
FOR THE MOST PART HAWAII HAS A
PRETTY GOOD RECORD OF SAFETY
SEATS AND WHY.
SEAGULLS AND SAFETY SEATS.
BUT WE STILL HAVE 1100 CITATIONS
FOR PEOPLE THAT DID NOT INSTALL
SEATS OR INSTALL THEM
INCORRECTLY.
WE CAN DO WAY BETTER THAN THAT.
IF YOU HAVE A CHILD IN A SEAT
IN A BOOSTER, THIS IS GREAT, BUT
MAKE SURE IT IS DONE RIGHT.
THANK YOU TO TED SMITH FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
IT STARTS MONDAY BUT IT SHOULD
BE TO ANY 4, 7, 36 TO FIVE YEAR.
IF YOU CAN GET -- AND
YOU
CANNOT GET ANY OF THOSE EVENTS
YOU CAN STILL COME TO AN
INSPECTION STATION, WE HAVE 20
ACROSS THE STATE INCLUDING
LANAI.
NO EXCUSE.