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Occupant Protection

Occupant Protection. Saving lives on college campuses. Occupant Protection. The current safety belt usage rate is 91.7% in Illinois. Populations not buckling up: 18-34 year old males and those in rural areas

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Occupant Protection

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  1. Occupant Protection Saving lives on college campuses.

  2. Occupant Protection • The current safety belt usage rate is 91.7% in Illinois. • Populations not buckling up: 18-34 year old males and those in rural areas • Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for 15 to 20 year olds in the United States.

  3. Why Buckle-Up? • It’s the law in Illinois! • Illinois has a primary safety belt law, which allows law enforcement to pull driver’s over for NOT wearing their safety belt.

  4. Buckle up… • It is the single most effective tool in preventing injury or death in motor vehicle crashes. • You are 4 times more likely to survive a crash if you remain in the vehicle. • According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, lap/shoulder safety belts when worn properly reduce the risk of fatal injury to front-seat passenger car occupants by 45 percent!

  5. The costs…. • Number One: YOUR LIFE • Over ¼ of the fatalities that occurred on Illinois Roadways in 2006, restraints were not used or used improperly. • If you get a ticket, it will cost you $55.

  6. How to get involved at your school • When working with college students remember to make it interactive and offer prizes! • Assess the situation on your college campus, Do a Survey! • Include multiple groups and make it a competition.

  7. Interactive Events • Have students participate in a trivia game. For each question answered correctly, they get a prize. • Trivia questions should center on the importance of safety belt usage. • Use a safety belt convincer. • Prizes: Food, Frisbees, backpacks, t-shirts

  8. Do a survey! • The best information is information where students see the application to their lives! • Utilize campus police and conduct safety belt surveys at various locations on campus at various times. • Ask the school newspaper to sit in on the observations and cover the results of the survey. • Then USE the statistics, to make students buckle up!

  9. Choose an organization to lead the competition. Choose the participating organizations. Conduct random safety belt checks of these members. Ask the school newspaper to run continuing results of the random belt checks. Have the participating organizations create public service announcements or posters on the importance of safety belt usage! Award PRIZES!!! Possible organizations: Fraternities and Sororities Sport teams Major organizations Dorms Make it a competition

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