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Business

Businesses have a crucial role to play in increasing proper seat belt and child safety seat use. They also will realize substantial benefits through decreased crash injury costs to their employees and their families.
Businesses should:

• Support primary (standard) enforcement seat belt use laws and comprehensive child passenger safety laws to ensure coverage of all children up to age 16

• Support strong enforcement of seat belt and child passenger safety laws

• Implement seat belt use policies and programs for their employees and their families

• Communicate seat belt and child safety seat use messages to their customers

• Join in coalitions with other businesses and national organizations (or affiliates) to advance seat belt and child safety seat education, legislation, and enforcement

• Contribute resources (both direct funding and in-kind services) to support outreach activities and public information and education efforts

• Join Safe Community coalitions

• Join with government and national organizations in a broad-based occupant protection campaign and recruit additional participants

• Determine similar companies that have effective seat belt use policies and programs; set goals for company policies and programs; provide awards and recognition for outstanding employees, work teams, or divisions