The objective of this study was to evaluate the implementation of State booster seat laws (enhanced child restraint laws) and examine the most effective strategies that law enforcement agencies (LEAs) can use to enforce booster seat laws. The research included a literature review; update of the status of the Nations booster seat laws; evaluation of enforcement strategies and activities among LEAs; and recommendations for booster seat law enforcement techniques that appear to be the most effective in terms of practical LEA operations and volume of citations written for the number of hours worked. Eight LEAs from Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania participated. All the LEAs received brief training in child occupant protection, used an enforcement card with a description of all child restraint (CR) laws, followed an enforcement schedule during the projects 6-month enforcement period (March to September 2008), and attended debriefings. Checkpoints and dedicated roving patrols were used by LEAs in New Jersey, and produced a large number of booster seat and other child restraint law citations. Dedicated roving patrols, dedicated stationary patrols, and routine patrols were used in Delaware and Pennsylvania.
Booster Seat Law Enforcement: Examples From Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington
2010
72 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Transportation Safety , Road Transportation , Transportation & Traffic Planning , Transportation , Fire Services, Law Enforcement, & Criminal Justice , Law enforcement , Child restraint systems , Occupant protection , Human factors , Children , Seat belt use , Child safety seats , Booster seats , Fatalities