Region Transportation Safety Newsletter, September 2015

Transportation Safety

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Working together to create a safe transportation system

Booster Seats

Child Passenger Safety Week is September 13-19

Kids need booster seats until they're eight years old or 4'9" tall. Booster seats work by raising the child up so adult safety belts fit snugly and correctly - flat across the collarbone and low over the hips, not across the neck or riding up over the stomach. Children who ride in poorly fitting safety belts can slide out of the belt system and be seriously hurt in a crash. So play it safe. Keep your kids in booster seats until they're eight years old or 4'9". During Child Passenger Safety Week and the rest of the year, make sure your child is in the right seat to keep them safe.

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Second Chances

You weren't wearing your seat belt. So what? You're a safe driver. You'll be ok…right? Wrong! It's time to face the facts: In 2013, there were 9,580 unbuckled passenger vehicle occupants killed in crashes in the United States. Why did you just get that ticket? Because the time to buckle up is before you've been ejected from your vehicle. In real life you don’t get a second chance. That's why ODOT is supporting a statewide "Click It or Ticket" enforcement campaign through September 7.

Click to play YouTube video: Second Chance
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New Bicycle "Safe Passage" Outreach Materials

Bright and sunny days mean good riding weather for both drivers and people on bikes. ODOT would like to remind drivers to give bicycles extra room when passing (ORS 811.065). Check out the new television public service announcement (0:30) and flyer that provide helpful driver safety tips.

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Transportation Safety Conference

Join us for the 2015 ODOT Transportation Safety Conference on October 19-20 in Tigard, Oregon. Click here for the agenda and to register for the conference.

September 2015

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Traffic Safety Program Managers

Region 1 (Portland)

Kristie Gladhill

Region 2 (Salem)

Nicole Charlson

Region 3 (Roseburg)

Rosalee Senger

Region 4 (Bend)

Debbie Miller

Region 5 (La Grande)

Billie-Jo Deal

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