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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

• The President
• Congress
• Federal Agencies
• States
• National Organizations and Coalitions
• Business
• Media
• Sports Participants and Organizations
• Communities
• Private Citizens

Reporting and Recognition

Funding

Executive Order

Media

Media organizations have a responsibility and a special role to play. The media should:

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

• Help educate the public on the benefits of proper, full time seat belt and child safety seat use and the consequences of non-use

• Publicize state and community seat belt and child passenger safety enforcement efforts

• Indicate in stories about crashes whether seat belts and child safety seats were properly used

• Request that all major television and radio networks develop and implement effective policies for reporting and illustrating seat belt and child safety seat use in news and entertainment programming

• Establish periodic monitoring and reporting of media practices with recognition for exemplary performance

• Serve on local task forces to assist in community efforts

• Request that on-air traffic reporters include seat belt and child safety seat messages during their on-going reporting