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How well does your bicycle helmet protect your head? ... Virginia Tech and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety have put together a new ratings system to evaluate bicycle helmet performance. Results across 30 helmets showed a range of performance, with no relationship to cost. Read more here. |
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Safe Routes: Some states may lose funds ... Is your state one of the 14 with millions of TAP funds left to spend? Unspent funds from FY15 will expire 9/30, meaning they need to be obligated or they will disappear. Read more here. |
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Fire safety: Reaching the “hard-to-reach” with smoke alarms … Arizona firefighters partnered with visiting nurses to help prevent residential fires in Maricopa County. Initially, 55% of the low-income families had no working smoke alarm and 92% had no CO alarm. By the end of the visits, everyone had both. Read more here.
Check out our new Fire and Burn Prevention Tabletop Banners. (Fire Prevention Week is October 7-13.)
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Child Passenger Safety Week is September 23-29, culminating in National Seat Check Saturday on the 29th. To learn more about becoming a Certified Technician, visit Safe Kids here. For I'm Safe! materials that meet AAP and NHTSA guidelines, click here.
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Are people ready for self-driving cars? ... Two self-driving car polls show that people aren’t quite ready to trust self-driving vehicles: Brookings and a public opinion poll commissioned by Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety. Meanwhile, Drive.ai’s brightly obvious version is currently being piloted outside of Dallas. Read more here.
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CDC Featured Topic: Bullying Research and Youth Violence … For one in five high school students, returning to school can be painful and difficult as they face bullying from peers. Bullying rates are highest for middle schools (22%). Read more here.
Did you know I'm Safe has a full line of Bullying Prevention materials that can be customized for your organization? October is Bullying Prevention Month; contact us for a free quote.
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Teen crash risk is highest during the first three months of independent driving ... The NIH released news of a new study on teen drivers before and after they get their driver's licenses. Results showed that during the first three months of licensure, teens are eight times more likely to be in a collision or close call and four times more likely to engage in risky driving behaviors. Read more here.
National Teen Driver Safety Week is October 21-17. Encourage parents to model safe driving and teens to not drive distracted or impaired. Learn more about I’m Safe! Resources here.
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Preventing farm deaths and injuries to children … Every three days, a child dies in an agriculture-related incident and every day, about 33 children are injured. Wednesday of National Farm Safety and Health Week (9/16-22) is devoted to Child/Youth Health and Safety across the two million farms in the U.S. Learn more here. (Note: If you are looking for an engaging giveaway, our Farm Safety Paint Sheet raises prevention awareness through a fun activity for children and guidelines for parents.)
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NHTSA’s 2018 National Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Campaign will be in effect from August 15th through Labor Day Weekend, ending September 3rd. Their enforcement materials are available here:
- Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over (drivers)
- Ride Sober or Get Pulled Over (motorcyclists)
NHTSA's SaferRide App will also help keep drunk drivers off our roads by allowing users to call a taxi or a friend and by identifying their location so they can be picked up. Find it on Google Play and iTunes.
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Safe Sleep: About 3,500 infants are still lost each year to sleep-related deaths, according to a report released earlier this year by the CDC. SIDS Awareness Month in October provides an opportunity to educate new parents about placing infants to sleep on their backs, “room sharing but not bed sharing, and keeping soft objects and loose bedding out of the infant’s sleep environment.” For a customized Safe Sleep tip sheet, click here.
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