ORGANIZATIONAL NETWORKS FOR PROMOTING CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY

The report describes the organizational network of various support groups that was established by the Tennessee Child Passenger Safety Program as a means of supporting and promoting Tennessee's child passenger protection law. Chapter I introduces the importance of protecting child passengers in motor vehicles, describes the Tennessee child passenger protection law and outlines the objectives and tasks of the Child Passenger Safety Program. Chapter II provides an overview of the organizations that participated in the Child Passenger Safety Program and the formal and informal organization and information distribution networks among them. Chapter III describes some of the groups and the child passenger safety activities which they initiated. Chapter IV provides conclusions and recommendations for future activities.

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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1249
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored in part by Tennessee Governor's Highway Safety Program, Nashville. See also HS-805 801--HS-805 805.
• Corporate Authors:

  Southeastern Transportation Center

  University of Tennessee
  309 Conference Center Building
  Knoxville, TN  United States  37996-4133

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Sontag, D B
  • Heathington, K W
  • HUGHES, E C
  • Culler, C J
  • Geiss, L S
• Publication Date: 1980-10

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 98 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Child restraint systems; Children; Information dissemination; Law enforcement; Legislation; Manual safety belts; Motor vehicles; Organizations; Passengers; Publicity; Safety; Traffic regulations; Traffic safety education
• Uncontrolled Terms: Traffic laws
• Geographic Terms: Tennessee
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Education and Training; Highways; Law; Passenger Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00337314
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt., HS-805 806
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-7-01730
• Files: HSL, NTIS, NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 15 1982 12:00AM