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THE Road Safety Association (RSA) have their face-to-face child car seat checking service – Check it Fits – in Kerry this week.
The service is in Garveys Supervalu in Listowel today (Tuesday) until 5.30pm, it will be in Deerpark Retail Park, Killarney, on Wednesday between 10am and 5.30pm and finally in Tralee on Thursday at Garveys Supervalu Car Park between 10am and 5.30pm.
The service takes between 10-15 minutes, it is free of charge and offers parents and guardians reassurance that their child is safe while travelling in the car. It is a walk-in service, no appointment needed.
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Over half of child car seats (56%) checked by the Road Safety Authority’s Check it Fits service were incorrectly fitted and needed some type of adjustment to make them a safe fit.
If a child’s car seat isn’t fitted correctly, it could lead to a serious or fatal injury in the event of a collision.
The RSA have found that almost a third of seats fitted incorrectly needed major adjustments. To help address this problem, the RSA Check it Fits service will help parents and ensure car seats and restraints are correctly fitted. For more information on Check it Fits visit www.rsa.ie/checkitfits.
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