The Road Safety Authority is to bring it’s Check it Fits service to Tipperary next week.
Research shows that half of child car seats are fitted incorrectly, with 30% of these needing a major adjustment to fix them.
Errors include the seat being excessively loose so as to make the fitting almost ineffective.
The Check it Fits Service aims to save lives and prevent injuries by ensuring child car seats are correctly fitted in cars through a free checking service delivered nationwide.
The service takes between 10-15 minutes and is available between 10.00am – 5.30pm.
It is a walk-in service, no appointment is needed. The service will be in Martin’s Supervalu Clonmel, Ballingarrane, Poppyfields on Wednesday 13th of July between 10am and 5.30pm.
The service will be available in Colclough’s Supervalu Main Street Roscrea on Thursday 14th of July again between 10am and 5.30pm.
It is now EU law that all children must travel in a child seat, booster seat or booster cushion.
In order to increase awareness of car seat safety and reduce misuse rates, the RSA has launched a new voluntary Code of Practice for Child Car Seat retailers.
The new Code of Practice will ensure that best practice is achieved when parents or guardians are buying a child restraint system.
People should look out for the RSA’s Code of Practice stickers in retailer outlets or you can check the list of participating retailers on rsa.ie.
