Campaign targets tot car seat perils.A NATIONAL campaign to persuade parents to fit their child car seats properly is to be launched tomorrow. TV celebrity and new mother Philippa Forrester Philippa Forrester (born September 20 1968 in Winchester, Hampshire) is a British television presenter and producer as well as an author. is to head the campaign in radio adverts, and leaflets issued in shops will offer tips on everything from buying seats to fitting them. Latest figures show three children under the age of four died as unrestrained car passengers in 1999 while another 309 were injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. . Peak times for accidents are the morning and afternoon school runs. Last week a report suggested that only four out of five child safety seats in cars are fitted correctly, putting thousands of youngsters at risk. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the study, conducted by Mother & Baby Magazine, half of all parents surveyed did not even know if their child seat was the right one for their car. Transport Minister Lord Whitty said: 'It is vital that anyone who drives with young children in their car knows how to use the child car seat correctly.' CAPTION(S): SITTING COMFORTABLY... but are they safely secured? NEW MUM MUM Mumbai (Bombay), India MUM Maharishi University of Management MUM Miss You More MUM Manned and Unmanned (US Army) MUM Managing Uncertainty in Medicine MUM Mera Urdu Messenger ... Philippa Philippa is a personal name meaning lover of horses. It is the feminine form of the male given name Philip. It is composed of the Greek elements philein (to love) and hippos (horse). A common colloquialism is speech is Pippa. |
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