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COLORADO — The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is urging the importance of car seat safety during National Passenger Safety Week.
Four out of five car seats are installed and used incorrectly, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation, posing a serious and even deadly risk to children in the case of a car crash. According to CDOT, car crashes are the leading cause of death for children under 12 years old.
Now is a good time to double-check that your child is properly fitting in their car seat and that it is installed securely. Here are recommendations from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to make sure your child is safe in the backseat:
Rear-facing car seats
Newborn to three years (use as long as possible)
Use until child outgrows the manufacturer’s height or weight requirements
Harness at or below child’s shoulders
Chest clip at chest/armpit level
Forward-facing car seats
Two to five years old
Use until child outgrows the manufacturer’s height or weight requirements
Install with lower anchors or seat belt and top tether anchor
Booster seats
Four to 12 years old (or until adult seatbelt fits properly)
Use until child outgrows the manufacturer’s height or weight requirements
Shoulder belt across the shoulder (not across neck or face)
Lab belt across upper thighs (not stomach)
Adult seat belts (no car seat)
Older than eight years old
The NHTSA also recommends all children under 13 years old ride in the backseat due to front seat airbags. These recommendations differ slightly from Colorado’s child retrain law which includes the following:
Child Age/Size
Statutory Requirement
Less than 1 year and weighing less than 20 pounds
Properly secured in a rear‑facing child restraint system in a rear seat of the vehicle
1 year to 4 years, and weighing 20 to 40 pounds
Properly secured in a rear‑facing or forward‑facing child restraint system
Children up to 8 years
Properly secured in a child restraint system, such as a booster seat, according to the manufacturer’s instructions
8 to 15 years
Properly restrained in a safety belt or child restraint system according to manufacturer’s instructions
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Hackers and criminals are getting more sophisticated. Many are using people’s car key fobs to break into cars.
Do you ever worry about security when getting into your vehicle without a physical key?
One person said they weren’t worried even though hackers are hacking into key fobs.
A team of researchers demonstrated how easy it is and did just that.
The door was locked. They had a computer nearby, and in just a matter of seconds, the car lights went on, and the door opened.
“And I thought, you know what, maybe let’s just try this and let’s try it on my car,” said Rajesh, a junior at the University of Dartmouth. “Next thing you know, with it, it worked.”
Rajesh and his co-researcher, Blake Berry, are IT Security Researchers who’d rather remain incognito.
They weren’t only able to open the car, but they started it as well.
When the pair was asked how easy it was, “Oh, 200%,” Rajesh said. “I mean, an 8-year-old could do it.”
The computer could have been in a car parked nearby at a site capturing the signal being sent out by your fobs, a built-in transmitter, and the car owner could have been in the store not realizing someone broke into their car, according to AAA warnings.
“They’ve come up with a device that would actually amplify your fob signal, so it doesn’t have to be right next to the car, but they can still get into it using your fob signal,” said Shuppe.
“And what they’re trying to do is pick up your codes,” said Michael Chan.
Chan programs backup and replacement fobs at the business he started 20 years ago, Duplicating Keys.
He said later car models with rolling codes on their fobs are safer.
“The pins keep rolling,” he said. “So, it’s hard to duplicate the existing number.”
But it’s not available in older systems like the pre-2021 models Rajesh was testing which many car companies don’t upgrade.
“But they don’t implement this technology anyway, which is kind of alarming,” Rajesh said. “If they did, then what we’re doing essentially wouldn’t work at all.”
So, what can you do when you leave your vehicle parked at a store lot or even at home?
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