OFFICERS CHECKING KIDS FOR SEAT BELTS.Byline: Donna Huffaker
Before you even start the engine, buckle that safety belt. That's the advice from Glendale Glendale. 1 City (1990 pop. 148,134), Maricopa co., S central Ariz., adjacent to Phoenix; inc. 1910. It is located in a rich agricultural region irrigated by the Salt River project. Glendale has become one of the fastest-growing U.S. and Burbank Burbank, city (1990 pop. 93,643), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1911. Tourism and the entertainment industry are central to its economy; several motion-picture studios and television headquarters are here. Burbank's aerospace industry collapsed with the end of the Cold War. police officers stepping up enforcement this week as part of the national America Buckles This article is about the comic strip. For the fastener, see Buckle Buckles is a comic strip by David Gilbert about the misadventures of a naïve dog. Buckles debuted on March 25, 1996. Up Children program. So far in Burbank, officers have written about 20 citations to drivers who didn't buckle their children, said Sgt. Pat Lynch. Depending on the driver's record, citations for not 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. themselves or their children start at $22, court officials said. One way Burbank traffic officers are scoping for unbuckled children is by staking out elementary, middle and high schools. Police will follow vehicles as they are driven away from campuses and, if children still aren't buckled in five blocks away, officers will pull them over, Lynch said. ``This should be a priority to begin with, but the whole department is zeroing in on it through Memorial Day,'' he said. For each person stopped in Burbank, officers are passing out fliers about seat belt safety, Lynch said. The department will not have a tally of the complete number of citations issued until next week, he said. In Glendale, officers who have stopped drivers found 90 percent of children were safely fastened, said Sgt. Rick Young. ``It's actually been hard to find someone who wasn't wearing their belts. That's refreshing,'' he said. California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). state law requires all passengers in a vehicle to wear seat belts. The child passenger law requires that anyone who weighs less than 40 pounds or is younger than 4 must be buckled into a child safety seat. The best way to avoid forgetting to buckle up, Lynch said, is to just click the belts before you even start the car. Waiting until a few blocks from home can be dangerous since most traffic accidents happen a mile or so from where the drivers live. |
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