Child Booster Seat Training Video
February 14, 2007 – 7:48 am
Earl Hardy, from NHTSA, requested that the following information be forwarded to all interested law enforcement officers. He has included links to a child booster seat video that would be good for roll call training and a like to obtain additional information on this issue.
Since 2000, more than two-thirds of the States have strengthened their child restraint laws to require booster seat use by children who have outgrown their child safety seats, but who still cannot ride safely using adult seat belts. These booster seat laws have been enacted to better protect child passengers in the 4 to 8 age group. Nearly 1,700 of these children have been killed and more than 265,000 have been injured in crashes since 2001.
Knowing that law enforcement officers appreciate specially designed tools to facilitate the enforcement of new requirements, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is releasing a six-minute roll call video designed to assist officers in enforcing booster seat requirements during traffic stops. “Booster Seats – The Missing Link” provides meaningful details about the need for booster seat use and includes suggestions for effectively enforcing booster seat laws.
To view the new video, visit:
http://www.boosterseat.gov/video/NHTSA-ver2_pre.wmv
For more information about booster seat use and child passenger safety, visit: