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' leamiAchcaton .0410 - taNifIeH Irv*" mi.* oft *Ohio • . wo- •CtIANDOMI =Main p0tors Mot common • ' . the cir-hisl fnlitkm to ampor Ildry) point • lacks can wade fuel and cause Noh MC ' • BY Greg .10SePh 4, "But the major factoris that Paf9nItnlddftuicetstaAd htrishekisfaceasp, pas- sengers The 1o;t:drst understand ntelect oa0de7(nflionth gutee . Three treated ViInqet: sfagy4rs,wheee lc:ter:1644 three e. children under the age of five who were injured as passengers in carsinvolved in accidents. None of the three toddlers Was restrained by any kind of cat sego'', harness—something which might have spared them injury, he says. 'One of the three children -was-about year-old,' he says;-= "I -le was a little.boy being held in his grandma's arms. The mother -was driVing, taking them all some place' just four Most parents are more ,careful A carrying a favorite Set of .dishes in lite ti4eY are •transPOrling their own strtall " children, a leading southern • California Pediatrician Says.. , As •.a result, most toddlers, bounce around inside /heir pa - ,rents' cars, loose and unre- strained, so that' collisions or • even . sudden- stops can send ;than' flYing like.mtniaturo toward an unforgiving sur- face wit in the car. - • In a 10 Mph crash; safety erc- •,pert.s note, an unrestrained 10- 1pound infant would hit the • dashboard. with The force. of _a jfall• from wthree-storybuilding. w7, SWOON MOM OAP MOP QM( 7110SK PLUGS ianttodie az 4ual Midlia " the cylinder. Ifa OluO It�worn.-TO1 lose' arch° power. and %gado fusi and . SYPEP'confrols Poskii.Cmnicxxo **Dalton it oicirculahn the VciC00,M0, liclv0.00 Pot MO Ph*Oni, It the PCV system g•ts Cdogepci, hiGlh . �eo*iiw muff— . , . ring into your r au ire we offei • Breah like vase "Most parents put their Chit.- dren unpackaged and unsecured s4luddtheenfriteplYorc4rer'itswhh tehree nh la- dreres skull bones can -be ,as fragile a',§ •a vase,' - says :1)r. I Robert Yinefz, a Loa Angeles pediatrician and co-chairman of fthe Transportation •' Hazards Committee for the Sontherk -Californiashapter cif the Ameri-: can Academy, or Pediatrics,' • "Parents. should knewthat, auto 'accidents are the leading • cause . of -children' s death after -the,age of one, and probably the leading cause of major disabling health problems for youngsters , " Oyer that age;" Dr. Vinetz says, "We believe that between 80 - and 90 percent of child pas- , senger deaths could be •pre-: • vented if every child were buck- led up 'in the proper kind of car , re!tr, sYstem;' blocks away from hoard. "Well, another motorist ran a red ligheand the mother slain- med on her bralces to avoid a collison. "The two cars didn't hit, but the abrupt stop sent the infant flying frorn the grandmother's arms . face -first intothe dashboard of his mom's car. As luck would have it, he came out • with just some facial -bruises. But some youngsters aren't nearly as fortunate." Policeman remembers " Sgt. Larry Beveridge, a vete- ran of 15 years in the traffic di- • vision 'of the San Diego police department;' knows what Dr. Vinetz means. "The accident that stands out ' in my mind,'" recalls Bev, eridge, head of the 1/lent's hit-and-run detail, 'in; vOlved a young Mother and' her ,three small , "They were xiding..along in their conipact stati9n7Wagon on a quiet alPet Within fivemiles Pf their residence. Two kids were in the back seat, another one—a 2l6' year old boY—was 'slan4,1711l • .tip in tile front seat, on, the pas- •seager sick, None of the chit: dren was .restuuned. • Well, they were Nih8 .• along minding their own., hirsi; 'ness, 'well within the siid limit. A inotori0„heading.from the; Otherdirecti. lint control of niS an!:1 tut tne wontan's • Car head-on,- , LIttle.boykilled front was killed When his head : hit the claShlvard and window of his oWn car.. 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