Tracy Chevrolet Cadillac hosts car seat inspection/replacement event on March 8.

PRLog (Press Release) – Feb 13, 2008 – The only problem is many parents, even those with the best of intentions, do not know how to correctly install a car seat or booster seat for their children. To assist those people and soon-to-be parents and to make sure their car seats are correctly installed Tracy Chevrolet Cadillac will host a car seat inspection/replacement event in Plymouth.

The event is Saturday, March 8 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Tracy Chevrolet Cadillac dealership, 137 Samoset Street (Route 44) in Plymouth. Take exit 6 off Route 3. State-certified inspectors, comprised of police and fire officials, will check car seats for proper installation. They will also check seats against a product recall list. A limited number of car seats and booster seats will be available as replacements for recalled or damaged seats.  Certified car seat technicians from South Shore Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit department will also attend the event.  South Shore Hospital offers car seat safety classes to ensure the safe transport of newborns from the hospital to home.

“Both Chevrolet and Cadillac make safety a priority with its automobiles and have safety experts on staff to make sure vehicles are up to code. When it comes to car seats, parents are often left on their own to install the seat properly with only product instructions as a guide and no expert to validate whether an installation is safe or not. This car seat inspection event can give parents the peace of mind knowing that their child’s seat is now installed correctly,” said Jeff Tracy, president of Tracy Chevrolet Cadillac.

“As a nurse in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at South Shore Hospital, I want to help make sure the babies we deliver get home safe and remain safe traveling in an automobile for years to come,” said Paula Slack, RN, and Certified Car Seat Technician. ‘South Shore Hospital’s Car Seat Safety Class’ and car seat inspection events like this help make that happen and give parents a greater awareness of car seat safety than they might have had before.”

Massachusetts law requires that all babies be transported in an approved safety seat. Certified car seat technicians receive their training and are approved by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

For more information on the car seat inspection event at Tracy Chevrolet Cadillac on March 8, you can call Paula Slack, RN and Marcia Smith, RN, at (781) 340-8373. If you’re a state-certified car seat inspector and would like to participate in the March 8 event, you can contact either Ms. Slack or Ms. Smith at the above number or send an e-mail to plymouthrn@aol.com.


So easy at Tracy Chevrolet Cadillac
For more than 80 years and three generations of dealers, the Tracy family has made it so easy for customers on the South Shore and greater Plymouth area to purchase new and used automobiles. Since its beginnings in 1992, Tracy Chevrolet Cadillac has emphasized first-rate customer service and straightforward, bottom-line pricing with fair trade-ins every time--without the games or gimmicks you find at other dealerships. For more information on new and used trucks and automobiles, you can go to www.tracymotors.com or stop by the dealership, conveniently located at 137 Samoset Street, just off exit 6 on Route 3. For more information, or to make a service appointment, you can also call (800) 640-2884.

About South Shore Hospital
South Shore Hospital is a 284-bed not-for-profit, tax-exempt, charitable provider of acute, emergency, outpatient, home health, and hospice care to the people of Southeastern Massachusetts.  South Shore Hospital’s home health care division includes South Shore Visiting Nurse Association, Hospice of the South Shore, and Home & Health Resources.  
The hospital’s 800-member medical staff represents all leading medical specialties. South Shore Hospital employs 3,500 people, supported by a team of 500 volunteers. South Shore Hospital has been named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals by Thomson Healthcare, a leading national source of health care information products. For a referral to a South Shore Hospital physician, please call 800-325-5454 or visit www.southshorehospital.org.