Labels:text | screenshot | font | black and white | number OCR: Organizations Celebrate 10 Yrs of Saving Children's Lives Page 85 RICHMOND, Dec. 30 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), the Concerned Citizens Advocating Traffic Safety (CCATS) and the Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters (CHKD) celebrated the 10th anniversary of Virginia's Child Safety Seat Law on Monday, Jan. 4, 1993, at 11 a.m. in the CHKD Auditorium in Norfolk, Va. Guest speakers included Del. Thomas W. Moss, speaker of the House; Dr. John M. de Triquet of CHKD and Vince Burgess, DMV. Exhibits included various child safety seat demonstrations and safety seats that have been in crashes. The law, amended July 1, 1992, requires all children under age four to be secured in a federally approved child safety seat while riding in a motor vehicle. According to observational studies, Virginia's child safety seat/safety belt use rate is 72 percent. It has been proven that if used correctly, child safety seats are 71 percent effective in preventing fatalities, 67 percent effective in reducing the need for hospitalization and 50 percent effective in preventing minor injury.
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