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National
Background
Taking
Responsibility
The
National Goals
The National Strategy
The Four Point Plan
Specific Activities to Implement the National Strategy
Reporting
and Recognition
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Executive
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Communities
Most
education and law enforcement takes place in our cities, counties, towns,
and villages. Communities should:
- Meet or exceed
the National Goals of 85% seat belt use by the year 2000 and 90% by
2005
- Seek leadership
and participation from mayors, councils, boards, and other local officials
- Implement seat
belt use policies for all public employees
- Support traffic
enforcement as one of their best investments in public safety
- Publicize state
passenger protection laws and local ordinances
- Establish a Safe
Community coalition
Selected
Activities:
- Encourage health
care providers to assist in delivering passenger safety messages during
health care visits
- Educate child
care providers on how to transport children safely and provide information
on proper seat belt and child safety seat use for distribution
- Participate in
International Association of Chiefs of Police or other Chief Challenges
- Execute coordinated
public information and education efforts relating to seat belts and
child safety seats
- Provide seat belt
and child safety seat training for school health/safety officials and
educators
- Encourage prosecutors
and judges to send a firm message to the public that seat belt and child
restraint laws are important
- Encourage schools
to teach children of all ages proper traffic safety practices, including
seat belt and child safety seat use
- Organize child
safety seat loaner programs and provide technical assistance to ensure
that children are properly positioned in correctly installed safety
seats
- Require students
who park on school property to use seat belts and monitor results
- Conduct child
safety seat clinics at preschools, restaurants, shopping area parking
lots, and other locations where young children in safety seats are likely
to visit
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