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With school back in session, a group of Pokémon-like characters
are busy encouraging drivers, parents and students to make safe travel choices.
Easy-to-print posters
are available to share at your favorite Pokéstops. Catch them all!
Law enforcement agencies across Oregon are partnering with ODOT
and safety advocates to tackle a trend that needs to end: an increase in
injuries among 7-11 year old child passengers in crashes. Between Aug. 22 and
Sept. 24, officers will be on the lookout for travelers who are not using their
restraint systems correctly and belted child passengers who should still be
using booster seats.
“The increase in injuries in the 7-11 age group is due in
large part to child passengers moving to adult belts too soon,” said Oregon’s
Occupant Protection Program Manager Carla Levinski. Using the correct seat can
greatly decrease the risk of serious injuries in a crash.
National Child
Passenger Safety Awareness week follows on the heels of this enforcement, Sept.
22 through 28. Free car seat clinics with trained, certified passenger
safety technicians are available during this week and year-round in communities throughout the
state.
Oregon law requires children less than forty
pounds be restrained in a child seat. Children under one year or weighing less
than twenty pounds must be restrained in a rear-facing child seat. A child over
forty pounds must be restrained in either a child seat or a booster seat
appropriate for their size until they reach age eight or 4’ 9” tall AND the
adult belt system fits them correctly.
Join us for the 2016
Transportation Safety Conference on October 24-25 in Tigard, Oregon. Click here
for the agenda and to register for the conference.
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