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Transportation Safety Links (at home)

Transportation Links
bullet Drive for Life - The National Safe Driving Test & Initiative -- which driving mistakes do you make?
bullet Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 - a campaign that focuses on residential speed limits (typically, it's 25 miles per hour)
bullet American Academy of Pediatrics - "Traveling Safely With Your Child" - recommendations are arranged by the age of the child. Note that the AAP now recommends against lap travel on airplanes for children younger than 2.
bullet National SAFE KIDS Campaign Free BUCKLE UP materials. (800) 441-1888
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Toll-Free Hot Line: 1-888-327-4236
bullet National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - recommendations for child passenger safety
bullet National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - ratings for car safety seats on their ease of use
bullet National Safety Council - covers several areas of car and transportation safety
bullet National Safety Council - Air Bag & Seat Belt Safety Campaign
bulletAAA Traffic Foundation for Traffic Safety
bullet"Research on the Problem of Aggressive Driving" - 1997 testimony from David K. Willis, President and Chief Executive Officer of the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Written in PDF format, it contains excellent information and suggestions for safer driving. (Note: In order to view any PDF file, you will need software called Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you don't have it, you can download it for free here).
bullet American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
bullet National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - links to all issues dealing with "Traffic Safety and Occupant Protection"
bullet National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - information on NHTSA's  Impaired Driving Division
bullet National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - information for motorcycle riders
bullet National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - see how your vehicle might fare in a crash
bullet National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - discusses the School Bus Safety Program
bulletThe National Transportation Safety Board - tips for auto safety, and other types of transportation safety.
bulletAmerican Academy of Pediatrics - AAP policy on children and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs).
bullet National SAFE KIDS Campaign - information on heat and entrapment with respect to vehicles 
bulletOperation Lifesaver - tips on railroad crossings and how to cross them safely.
bulletKids and Cars - provides suggestions on keeping your child safe in and around vehicles
bulletSafetyBeltSafe USA. - has information in English and Spanish
bulletNetwork of Employers for Traffic Safety
bulletAdvocates for Highway and Auto Safety
bulletNational SAFE KIDS Campaign - tips for pedestrian and transportation safety
bulletJENS - Citizens for Safer Highways - want to make changes to area highways? Here's one organization that did.
bullet Transport Canada
bulletSafer Child Car Safety Seat Information and FAQs
bulletTips for Traveling Safely Away From Home
bullet Tips for More Comfortable Traveling
bullet Helpful Links on Traveling
bulletWhen Your Teen Begins to Work and/or Drive
bulletSafer Child Page on Safe Winter Driving

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