5 Quotes by Michelle Fischer

Many parents don't know the correct car seat for the developmental stage of their child. For example, infants should ride rear-facing until they are at least 1 year of age and a minimum of 20 pounds.

Frequently child passenger safety restraints are installed incorrectly or the child is placed in a child passenger restraint that is not appropriate for their age and size.

Parents have to realize they are in a position of determining what is negotiable for their children and what is not. It should not be negotiable on whether you are restrained properly.

And the misuse rate is about 90 percent in Brevard County, based upon the child passenger safety check up events that we have held locally.

In vehicles we inspected or surveyed, there is dramatic misuse, such as infants being transported in the front seat in front of air bags.