East Windsor Launches Child Car Seat Safety Program

EAST WINDSOR, NJ - East Windsor Township is launching a Child Passenger Car Seat Safety initiative through September.

The program is funded by a $7,500 grant from the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety grant.

This initiative will be held at the East Windsor Police/Court building located at 80 One Mile Road.

Here are the dates:

• May 10
• June 8
• July 10
• September 22 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
• August 1 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Township National Night Out event at the East Windsor PAL Complex (30 Airport Road)

The program is designed to educate motorists about properly securing children passengers in child seats as required by State law. Residents can have child car seats inspected for proper fit and installation and receive educational materials at no cost.

A complete inspection of a child passenger car seat takes less than 10 minutes and is conducted by a nationally certified child passenger safety seat technician, no appointment is necessary.

“Statistics assembled from several organizations including the American Automobile Association and the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety underscore that having a properly installed child passenger car seat is extremely important to ensure the safety of our young children in motor vehicles," Mayor Janice Mironov said.

"It is noteworthy that motor vehicle crashes are the number one cause of death for young children and that four out of five child car seats are incorrectly installed. The proper use of child car seats is one of the simplest and most effective means to protect young children passengers.”

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