{"id":93497,"date":"2019-06-12T14:42:06","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T20:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/car-seats-colorado-offers-tips-for-summer-travelers\/"},"modified":"2019-06-12T14:42:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T20:42:06","slug":"car-seats-colorado-offers-tips-for-summer-travelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/car-seats-colorado-offers-tips-for-summer-travelers\/","title":{"rendered":"Car Seats Colorado offers tips for summer travelers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=d9b16eda-dc65-4496-866a-c9db03b87d4c&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1066\" alt=\"Car Seats Colorado offers car seat safety tips for summer travelers, including making sure car seat straps are snug enough.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Car Seats Colorado offers car seat safety tips for summer travelers, including making sure car seat straps are snug enough.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">du1-i-syn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that only 1 in 4 children is properly secured when riding in a vehicle, putting the majority at severe risk in the event of a crash.<\/p>\n<p>Car Seats Colorado, a joint effort between the Colorado Department of Transportation and the Colorado State Patrol, is offering families tips on staying safe on the roads this summer. Tips include:<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_body_bullet_rr\">Ensure children are in the right size car seats.<\/em><em class=\"mwc_body_bullet_rr\">Ensure straps are snug.<\/em><em class=\"mwc_body_bullet_rr\">Place kids in the safest location in the car.<\/em><em class=\"mwc_body_bullet_rr\">Don\u2019t unbuckle restless kids.<\/em><em class=\"mwc_body_bullet_rr\">Don\u2019t turn the car seat forward because you want your child to see the road.<\/em><em class=\"mwc_body_bullet_rr\">Don\u2019t attach toys or after-market add-ons to the car seat.<\/em><em class=\"mwc_body_bullet_rr\">Be sure to attach the car seat base to the seat of the car.<\/em><em class=\"mwc_body_bullet_rr\">Never leave your child in the car unattended. In minutes, temperatures can rise to fatal levels in Colorado\u2019s summer sun and heat.<\/em>For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.codot.gov\/safety\/carseats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www. CarSeatsColorado.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seats Colorado offers car seat safety tips for summer travelers, including making sure car seat straps are snug enough.du1-i-syn The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that only 1 in 4 children is properly secured when riding in a vehicle, putting the majority at severe risk in the event of a crash. Car Seats [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5736,5735],"tags":[202],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-93497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","tag-briefs"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93497"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=93497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}