(WASHINGTON, DC) – Child Passenger Safety Week is September 13-19, 2015, and the District of Columbia Department of Motor Vehicles (DC DMV) is hosting a child car safety seat check on Monday, September 14, 2015 from 2pm-6pm at its Inspection Station located at 1001 Half Street, SW.

“This is a great opportunity for parents, grandparents, caregivers, and anyone who drives with children in a car to stop by our Inspection Station to ensure that their child car seat is properly installed,” said DC DMV’s Director Lucinda Babers.

Along with DC DMV, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department (FEMS), and Children’s Hospital will be showing those who stop by how to correctly use rear-facing car seat, forward-facing car seat, booster seat, or seat belt for their children’s ages and sizes.

Additionally, while supplies last, the government will be giving away car seats and booster seats to parents or caregivers who arrive at the Inspection Station without one. The child must be present to receive the seat so the proper size can be fitted.

For detailed information on the how to select the proper car, visit safercar,gov. 

Keep children safe. Participate in Child Passenger Safety Week.

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DC DMV has more than 45 online services, enabling customers to “skip the in-person trip.” Additionally, with any online or in-person transaction in which DC DMV collects money, customers now have the option to make a donation to the DonateLifeDC organ donor registry to support organ and tissue donation for people located in the Washington, DC community.

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