Posts Tagged ‘car seat safety’

Is your child’s car seat the strongest?

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Just released from Sunshine Kids, manufacturer of The Radian65, Radian80 and Radian XT. Sold here! at Bellani Maternity

SUMNER, WA – July 8, 2009 – Last week’s freak collapse of the five-story Centergy parking deck in Midtown Atlanta left onlookers, bystanders and victims alike stricken with awe as it was revealed that not a single person was harmed in the crumble that damaged or destroyed a total of 38 vehicles.

But for Sarah Maglione, whose vehicle was among those destroyed, the spectacle had only just begun. Her SUV was parked on the structure’s second level when the incident occurred; it was the thirtieth vehicle pulled from the wreckage. “I had three floors of a parking garage collapse on top of my car,” Maglione said. “It is flattened beyond belief.”

The particular that astounded her further: the fact that her child’s car seat, a Sunshine Kids Radian65 positioned on the passenger side of the back seat in her SUV, completely withstood the force of the collapse and upheld its section of the car, as well.

“Amazing,” Maglione said. “That thing did not bend an inch,” referring to her Radian65 car seat. “They are built using steel alloy frames, and I always heard they were the strongest. Now I know it.”

Radian®, by Sunshine Kids Juvenile Products, is constructed with an exclusive steel alloy frame for superior impact protection. Seven-inch-deep, high-impact-grade engineered sidewalls reinforced with EPS foam provide superior side impact protection, absorb crash energy and protect the child from intrusions making it the strongest car seat available. Radian is a convertible car seat built to protect children between 5 and 65 pounds.

The Radian® car seat line is available through independent juvenile stores across the US and Canada, as well as the Sunshine Kids Juvenile Products web site (www.skjp.com).

Sunshine Kids Juvenile Products is the manufacturer of more than 80 innovative juvenile products, including car seats, storage solutions, and related travel and stroller accessories, designed to facilitate today’s on-the-go family lifestyle and assure the maximum in safety protection.

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Who would have thought…

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

Who would have thought that you really need 32 hours of training to be certified in car seat instillation. I certainly didn’t. We have known our little state was severely lacking in people certified to do car seat instillation. For those of you who were at our Bellani Birthday Party waiting to get your car seat checked, you can attest to our frustration with this issue. We know that over 80% of car seats are installed incorrectly, and now I know why.

There are sliding, switching, locking and sewn latch plates that go with ALS, ELS, switchable and no retracting retractors. Really there are. For those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about, don’t worry about it, you don’t need to because Kelly and I have spent the last 3 days and will be back at it tomorrow learning it for you. Did you know that each car has a weight limit to use latch? I didn’t. Some cars you can only use latch up to 40lbs.

I’m sure many of you are going to have questions, lots of them. We’ll have more information in our newsletters and in store on when help is going to be available. I am very happy to tell you, that out of 10 instructors we have had for the past 3 days, ALL of them have said they like the Radian 65 and 80 the most! Come into our center and we’ll tell you why.

See you Friday, Shannon

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32 Hours of Education in Car Seat Safety???

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Yup…32 hours is the typical amount of time certified car seat safety inspectors spend learning about the proper way to install and properly use car seats. Which is why it is super important to consult a CCSSI (thats my made-up abbreviation for these people) in order to ensure your child is strapped in as securely as possible…here’s some facts and statistics (I’m sitting at the URI library writing this so if it comes across as “academicy” that’s probably why! I’m in the “zone”) :

-Your baby’s risk of death or injury increases tenfold when your car seat is improperly installed or misused.
-When used correctly, your baby’s odds of surviving a bad wreck increase 71%.
-When you are in a car crash, the force your child bears is equal to the weight of the child times the speed before the crash. So for example if your baby weighs 20 pounds, and you are driving 40 mph when you crash, your baby will undergo 1600 pounds of force in just a second. That force can be fatal.
-The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently reported that up to 82 percent of infant car seats are installed incorrectly, increasing the risk of severe injury or mortality if an accident occurs.

So how do you go about getting you car seat inspected if you haven’t already???

Well you could come join us for Bellani’s 2nd Birthday Bash on October 12 from 1-3pm!!!! We will be having a CCSSI in attendance that day!! (Not to mention lots of other fun activities!!!)

However if you can’t join us on the 12th it still is super important to make sure you car seat is installed and is being used properly! By checking out www.seatcheck.org you can type in your zip code and they will give you the location of where you can have your car seat checked! Or you can also call 1-866-SeatCheck!

Have a great week!!!

Maryann

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