9/11/2009
Reed Hollinshead
ITD Communication
208-334-8881
reed.hollinshead@itd.idaho.gov
MEDIA ALERT: video footage of today's child safety seat demonstration available for download
BOISE -- Video footage of today's child safety seat installation demonstration is available for download. The demonstration was conducted by SAFE KIDS Treasure Valley and the Idaho Transportation Department's Office of Highway Operations and Safety in advance of national Child Passenger Safety Week Sept. 12-18.
Free child safety seat inspections are being offered statewide during the week, including:
- Saturday, Sept. 12: Panhandle State Bank, 5th and Oak, Sandpoint, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
- Saturday, Sept. 12: State Farm, 840 W. Kathleen Ave., Coeur d'Alene, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
- Saturday, Sept. 12: Meridian Fire Station #1, Meridian, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
- Saturday, Sept. 12: Con Paulos Dealership, Jerome, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
- Monday, Sept. 14: St. Luke's Boise, 2 p.m. - 6 p.m.
- Monday, Sept. 14: St. Luke's Meridian, 2 p.m. - 6 p.m.
- Thursday, Sept. 17: St. Luke's Boise, 2 p.m. - 6 p.m.
- Thursday, Sept. 17: St. Luke's Meridian, 2 p.m. - 6 p.m.
- Saturday, Sept. 19: Wal-Mart, Rexburg, contact Rexburg Police Department for time at 359-3000
Idaho's Child Passenger Safety Law requires that all children six years of age or younger be properly secured in an appropriate child safety restraint every time, every trip.
Download from the following FTP site: ftp://ftp1.idaho.gov. Log on with the user name itdcommu and use the password W39gy7D2. The file is called Safe Kids VNR.mov
The woman on the video conducting the demonstration is Alissa McKinley of SAFE KIDS Treasure Valley. Interviewees are Lisa Losness of ITD's Office of Highway Operations and Safety (white jacket, brown hair) and Jeanette Rich, SAFE KIDS Treasure Valley (aqua shirt, blond hair).