SEAT BELTS AND CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY
In addition to the materials listed below, see Campaign Safe & Sober Program Planner 18 for occupant protection materials (see "Previous Planners" section on page 14). Program Planner 21 will also be dedicated to occupant protection issues.
PROGRAM MATERIALS
Child Passenger Safety Training Programs (1) is a brochure that explains the importance of professional training and how to enroll in a NHTSA certification course or other professional program. This brochure was included in Campaign Safe & Sober Program Planner 18. (December 1998, DOT HS 808 813, Item #1P1050)
Child Transportation Safety Tips (2) is a folio of reproducible black-and-white sheets on a variety of child transportation safety topics, including child safety seats, booster seats, pedestrian issues, bicycle safety, school bus safety, safety seat recalls, and the "Quick Safety Seat Checkup." NOTE: Half of the Tips were reproduced in Planner 19, including five new Tips. (Revised December 1998, DOT HS 808 301, Item #1P1045)
Seat Belts and African Americans and Seat Belts and Hispanics are two fact sheets that address seat belt use and non-use within these communities. They include statistics (general and population-specific), minority organizational support for seat belt laws, and facts about enforcement. (African Americans: DOT HS X0635, Item #1P1127) (Hispanics: DOT HS X0634, Item #1P1126)
Second Report to the President and Third Report to Congress - The Presidential Initiative For Increasing Seat Belt Use Nationwide (3) reports on the status of the "Buckle Up, America!" campaign. This campaign is the vehicle which has been developed to implement the President's Seat Belt Initiative. (1999, DOT HS #808 879, Item #1P1 131)
Standard Enforcement Saves Lives: The Case for Strong Seat Belt Laws (4) covers the basic facts on standard enforcement seat belt laws, how these laws save lives, success stories from the U.S. and other countries, a model law, and ideas on how to generate support for public policies in your state. (January 1999, DOT HS 808 846, Item #4P1140)
CONSUMER MATERIALS
A Parent's Guide to Booster Seats (5) is a brochure designed to encourage parents to use a booster seat once a child has outgrown a child safety seat. It highlights the different kinds of booster seats, which children should use one and why, and how to buy one. (July 1998, DOT HS 808 671, Item #1P1062)