ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – Every day, parents across the country buckle their children into car seats, believing they’re doing everything right. But child safety experts warn that locally, eight out of ten car seats are installed incorrectly, often without parents even realizing it.
Jill Lucas Drakeford, the Safe Kids Coordinator at Carilion Children’s Hospital and a Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician Instructor, says she sees these mistakes all too often.
“The car seat shouldn’t move more than an inch side-to-side or front-to-back. But a lot of parents and caregivers miss that,” said Drakeford…