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ABRA's Embry and Daube Earn National CPS Certification.


MINNEAPOLIS -- ABRA Auto Body & Glass, a national damaged repair company based in Minneapolis, announced today that Cathy Embry and Eileen Daube For other uses of "Daub(e)", see Daub.
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, Account Executives for ABRA-Georgia, earned the National Standardized standardized

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 Child Passenger Safety (CPS (1) (Characters Per Second) The measurement of the speed of a serial printer or the speed of a data transfer between hardware devices or over a communications channel. CPS is equivalent to bytes per second. ) Training Program certification. This program certifies individuals as child passenger safety technicians and instructors.

By achieving this certification, Embry and Daube can now train and conduct child safety seat checks where parents and caregivers receive education and hands-on assistance with the proper use of child restraint child restraint
n.
A device, such as a seat belt or small car seat with a seat belt, used to control and protect a child in a motor vehicle.
 systems and safety belts.

"As a company, ABRA is very involved in various aspects of vehicle, driver and passenger safety," stated Embry. "I knew that I wanted to get involved in a safety issue on some level, and I chose the CPS program after learning about it from some of my major insurance partners."

CPS is part of the Partners for Child Passenger Safety program. It is the first academic-corporate partnership devoted to the safety of children in motor vehicles. The program's methodology is unique, combining in-depth telephone interviews, on-site crash investigations, and computer crash simulations A crash simulation is a virtual recreation of a destructive crash test of a car using a computer simulation in order to examine the level of safety of the car and its occupants.  with interdisciplinary in·ter·dis·ci·pli·nar·y  
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 laws.

"I am proud to be a team member of ABRA... a company that understands the importance of giving back to our communities," stated Daube. "And I feel privileged to be associated with this safety program, and look forward to all the training I can give on correct child restraint and safety belt usage."

ABRA Auto Body & Glass is a national damaged vehicle repair company specializing in collision repair, paintless dent removal, and auto glass replacement and repair. Started with one repair center in 1984, they have grown to ninety-one facilities in eleven states. Their plans for national growth over the next several years include acquiring repair centers and awarding franchises.
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