Illinois Car Accident

Governor Blagojevich Announces Statewide Effort to Teach Drivers Proper Use of Child Safety Seats

Governor Rod R. Blagojevich announced that the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and Illinois State Police (ISP) are teaming up to increase compliance with child safety seat laws and teach motorists about the proper use of child safety seats during the nationwide Child Passenger Safety Week, which runs from February 11-17.

The child safety campaign will include stepped up enforcement of the Illinois child passenger safety law by State Police and comes as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) warns that motor vehicle crashes remain the number one killer of children aged 4 to 14 in America.

“We took an important step to protect young passengers when we toughened our child safety law a few years ago and required that every child traveling in a car up to eight years old sit in a car seat, instead of only up to age four,” said Gov. Blagojevich. “But the bottom line is safety seats only work if they are properly installed and the child is correctly buckled up. That’s why we directed the State Police and IDOT to mount an all out effort to enforce the law and educate the public about how to properly use a child safety seat.”

Illinois will kick off Child Passenger Safety Week February 11 by participating in the first annual National Seat Check Sunday with 33 safety seat inspection checkpoints hosted by IDOT’s Division of Traffic Safety, staffed with over 250 certified child passenger safety technicians (see below for the full list of locations). The goal is to educate new parents and the general public on proper installation of child safety seats.

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