Learn How to Buckle Up Children Properly
The Department
of State Health Services (DSHS) conducts the
following Occupant Protection Programs
in cooperation with TxDOT: 1-800-252-8255
The Child Passenger Safety Education Program - Child safety
seats are inspected during special clinics and events. Training
is provided so that education and intervention can be carried
out throughout the state. This program trains and educates
healthcare professionals, community groups, educators and
parents to reach children through the day care systems, hospitals,
health clinics, private businesses, and schools. Bilingual
education is provided on the use of child safety seats and
safety belt use through presentations and educational materials.
The Texans Saved by the Belt Club, which enrolls new crash
survivors, and a toll-free hotline promoting the correct
use of occupant restraint systems are also components of
this program. The toll-free line also directs callers needing
safety seats to nearby distribution sites.
The Texas Cooperative
Extension Service (TCE) conducts the following Occupant
Protection programs in cooperation with TxDOT: 1-979-862-1782
Road Wise: A Traffic Safety Program for Rural Texas – This
program provides NHTSA child passenger training for educators
who work with minorities and limited resources families.
Additionally, child safety seat checkup events are held in
rural communities utilizing NHTSA Jack and Jill: A Habit
for Life materials. Child safety seat fitting stations are
conducted as well as occupant protection educational programs
throughout the state
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Buckle Up Children
New child safety seat laws went into effect on September 1, 2001,
that increase the fine for not securing children in child passenger
safety seat systems. The minimum fine increased from $25 to
$100, and the maximum fine jumped from $50 to $200. The new
law also makes it an offense to
operate a motor vehicle without properly restraining a child
younger than five (5) years of age, and less than 36 inches
in height in a child passenger safety seat system. The law also
requires all passengers under the age of 17 to be properly restrained.
In addition, remember that all front seat
passengers must be properly restrained regardless of age.
Going
To School Song
To
the tune of Old MacDonald Had A Farm
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