Chicago Leads The Way in Car Seat Regulations !!

Retailers required to post child safety seat guidelines under proposal
Chicago stores that sell child safety seats would be required to post city guidelines that help parents determine the age-appropriate seat to buy — and refer them to trained installers — under an ordinance advanced June 1 over retailers’ objections.
More than 80 percent of child safety seats for cars are installed incorrectly and some are not age-appropriate, experts claim. With hundreds of different car and seat models, there is “no one way” to install a child safety seat correctly.
The guidelines approved by the City Council’s Health Committee would have to be posted within 20 feet of any child safety seat offered for sale. They would refer parents to a Web site that includes the names of experts who assist parents with the proper installation of child safety seats.
Retailers that fail to post the guidelines would get a warning notice. Repeat offenders would face fines ranging from $50 to $500.
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