CHP Targets Safety Belt Holdouts Over Memorial Day Weekend.News Editors SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 2002 The California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. (CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan ) will have their ticket books out over Memorial Day weekend for the last 9 percent of motorists in the state who refuse to buckle up when they drive, said Commissioner D.O. "Spike" Helmick. "We have a good record of safety belt use in California -- over 90 percent. But that last 9 percent represents half the vehicle occupants killed," Helmick said. The Memorial Day holiday weekend is a maximum enforcement period for the CHP. All available officers will be out in force. A primary focus of the weekend's enforcement will be motorists who don't buckle up or fail to secure their children, Helmick said. Motorists who neglect to wear their safety belts often are driving to the mall or other local destination. "There's no trip that's too short for a safety belt. A collision can be deadly whether it's on a short drive to a Memorial Day barbecue barbecue [West Indian or South American], in the United States, traditionally an open-air gathering, political or social, in which meats are roasted whole over a pit of embers and food and drink are liberally enjoyed. or a long journey on the interstate in·ter·state adj. Involving, existing between, or connecting two or more states. n. One of a system of highways extending between the major cities of the 48 contiguous United States. Noun 1. ," Helmick said. Children are especially vulnerable to death and injury when they aren't properly secured. "The worst duty an officer can perform is to tell a family that a child has died in a crash. Keep youngsters safe by buckling buckling Mode of failure under compression of a structural component that is thin (see shell structure) or much longer than wide (e.g., post, column, leg bone). Leonhard Euler first worked out in 1757 the theory of why such members buckle. them in a safety or booster seat booster seat n. 1. A car seat for a small child that lifts the child by several inches, designed for use with an adult seat belt. 2. A seat placed on top of the seat of a chair, used to elevate a small child at a table. ," he said. "Now that summer is nearly here, get in the habit of securing your child every time you drive," Helmick said. The California Highway Patrol is a law enforcement and traffic safety agency reporting to Business, Transportation and Housing Agency Secretary Maria Contreras-Sweet and Governor Gray Davis. |
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