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1. 2001 IMEAC Fleet Management Conference
Driving Safety:
It always starts with a Belt
Carl Wells- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
2. 2 Buckle Up America National Campaign to increase seat belt use
National Goals: Increase national seat belt use to 85% by 2000 and 90% by 2005
Reduce child occupant fatalities (0-4 years) by 15% in 2000 and by 25% in 2005 (from a total of 685 in 1995) 85% by 2002
3. 3 Four Point Plan Legislation
Enforcement
Public Education
Partnerships
4. 4 Why Buckle Up? The most effective means of reducing fatalities and serious injuries (saving an estimated 9,500 lives in each year)
Reduces the risk of fatal injury to front seat passengers by 45% (light trucks – 60%) and the risk of moderate-to-critical injury by 50% (light trucks 65%)
5. 5 Why Buckle Up? Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of work-related death (23%)
On-the-job crashes cost employers almost $22,000 per crash and $110,000 per injury
Traffic crashes on- and off-the-job cost business $55 billion in 1994
6. 6 Death Defying Act Driving a Ranger Pickup
Going through an intersection
7. 7 Death Defying Act Vehicle Overturns
Driver Wore His Seatbelt
William F. Webster
Saved by the Belt!
8. 8 Buckle Up AmericaWhere are we now?
Nation wide only 72% of Americans Buckle Up
9. 9 Our Commercial Transportation Partners
10. 10 Buckle Up America Mudflaps
11. 11 American Freight Ways
12. 12 J.B. Hunt Truck Lines, Inc
13. 13 NHTSA BUA Signs
14. 14 Our GSA Partners Buckle Up America License Plate Holders
Rearview Mirror Tags
Recordings on call distribution systems
Electronic Message Boards
15. 15 Fleets pay a BIG price Pay employee sick leave
Provide insurance (higher premiums)
Hire and train replacements
Lost production
On and off job injuries almost cost the same
16. 16 What can you do? BUCKLE UP and tell your friends to buckle up
Employee Education Programs
Honor Roll Program
Company Policy
Information on memos & pay checks
17. 17 New Directions in Occupant Protection Side air bags
New Generation air bags
Surveys
LATCH
18. 18 Don’t Leave Out A Step! 1. Infant Seats
2.Child Safety Seats
3. Booster Seats
4. Adult Seat Belts
19. 19 CPS Training Operation KIDDS
NHTSA CPS Certification
Certified Technicians
Certified Instructors
NHTSA’s most successful course
20. 20 What Can NHTSA Do? HOTLINE: 888-DASH-2-DOT
1-888-327-4236
Report Vehicle Defects
Child Passenger Safety Info.
Traffic Safety Information
21. 21 What Can NHTSA Do? NHTSA Website
www.nhtsa.dot.gov
Technical Assistance
Safety Materials
Crash Trends and Data
22. 22 Enforcement: Critical!!!
Officers need your help
Public outreach is needed
Click it or Ticket
23. 23 Are You “Tired?” Inflation: a Key to Safe Driving
“Where the Rubber Meets the Road”
Handouts: Rubber Manufacturer’s Association
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