Pilot Project to Develop and Implement a Rural Youth Occupant Protection Education Platform

Occupant protection is one of the easiest and most inexpensive ways to protect yourself when riding in a motor vehicle. Yet many North Dakota youth, especially rural youth, fail to wear their seat belts, even with a primary seat belt law for children under the age of 18 in the state of North Dakota. The primary goal of this project was to integrate occupant protection education of "tweens" (youths aged 10 to 14) with one of the most widely known youth programs in North Dakota – 4-H. Education modules which were developed and compiled were not implemented due to a lack of partners. However, resources developed and knowledge gained will be used in future projects. Disseminating traffic safety education information through the 4-H program is possible as evidenced by success stories in other states outlined in this report.

• Record URL:
  • https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=670
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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18389
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

  North Dakota State University
  1320 Albrecht Boulevard
  Fargo, ND  United States  581052

  Mountain-Plains Consortium

  North Dakota State University
  Fargo, ND  United States  58108

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  Office of University Programs, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Huseth, Andrea
  • VanWechel, Tamara
• Publication Date: 2010-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 57p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Children; Highway safety; Information dissemination; Occupant protection devices; Rural areas; Traffic safety education
• Identifier Terms: 4-H
• Geographic Terms: North Dakota
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01324990
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MPC Report No. 10-230
• Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 14 2011 10:20AM