Promoting Safety of Teens in the Car
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SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. the national, non-profit organization dedicated to child passenger safety. Our mission is to help reduce the number of serious and fatal traffic injuries suffered by children by promoting the correct, consistent use of safety seats and safety belts.
Founded in 1980, SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. is nationally recognized for program excellence, training, and up-to-date technical materials. We provide consultation to advocates, parents, business leaders, the media, and professionals working in the fields of health care, traffic safety, and education.
Stephanie M. Tombrello, L.C.S.W., Executive Director of SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A., has been involved in child passenger safety since 1970. While shopping for a car seat for her infant daughter, she was shocked to learn that most of the models available in stores were unsafe. Stephanie and several other early pioneers in the field successfully petitioned the federal government to require crash testing for child restraints. She also wrote the petition which resulted in the federal requirement for manufacturers to provide shoulder belts in the rear seats of all post-1989 passenger vehicles.
In 1980, Stephanie founded a grassroots organization in the Los Angeles area which evolved to become SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. Under her leadership, the organization has become the premier resource for child passenger safety in the nation. Stephanie is a nationally certified Child Passenger Safety Technician-Instructor and was appointed in 1995 to the National Blue Ribbon Panel on Child Restraint & Vehicle Compatibility.
Promoting Safety of Teens in the Car
In this video, SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. Executive Director Stephanie Tombrello explains how to keep older children and teenagers safe on every ride. She explains how to use a booster seat, how to determine if a child is ready to wear a safety belt alone, and why children and teens should sit in the back seat. The final segments include a one-minute car safety check and additional safety tips for the whole family.
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Transcripts
Stephanie Tombrello: Hello, I am Stephanie Tombrello Executive Director of SafetyBeltSafe, USA. We have been talking about how to keep your older child safe in the car. Now I am going to talk about how to keep your teens safe in the car. When your older child becomes a teenager, there are many issues that are going to come into discussion. One of the most important is how the teen behaves in the car. This can be an area in which the teen can show parents other adults that he or she is taking on more adult responsibilities. You want to make sure that you are very consistent with your teen. No riding in the car without wearing the lap and shoulder belt properly, sit in the backseat until the teen is ready to drive. It's safer there and it's a sign that the teen understands the importance of safety in the car which should be a prerequisite for learning to drive. A startling statistic is that half of teens don't wear their belts even when they are with a parent in the car. So it's extremely important in the car that parents model the right behavior and insist that every teen be properly buckled up and remind them that they are role models for younger children. They can be a really positive force for keeping those tweens and other older children buckled up properly on every ride. That's how to promote safety with your teens in the car. Next I will be discussing some additional car safety tips.
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