PROGRAM TO PUSH CAR SAFETY; POLICE JOIN PUSH TO BUCKLE UP KIDS.Byline: Jesse Hiestand Daily News Staff Writer Police participating in a nationwide crackdown on motorists who fail to restrain their children in safety seats say spotting the scofflaws is the easy part. ``We see kids standing up in the cars all the time or kids climbing from the front to the rear,'' said Sgt. Michael Harvey For Michael Harvey, the type designer and calligrapher, see Michael Harvey (lettering artist) For Michael Harvey, the software executive, see Michael Harvey (software executive) Michael Harvey, aka MC Harvey of the San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. Police Department. The real challenge is getting parents to understand the danger those children face in a crash, he said. More than half of children killed in car crashes each year are not restrained and 26 percent were not in age- or size-appropriate safety seats but were buckled in with an adult seat belt, said Harvey, citing federal statistics. The value of these seats is also reflected in data compiled by the federal National Highway Safety Administration. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. that agency, child safety seats, if used correctly, are effective in reducing fatalities and the need for hospitalization for children under age 5. To reinforce the importance of these seats, this week has been designated for the America Buckles Up Children program, an enforcement and educational effort sponsored by the National Safety Council's Airbag & Seatbelt Safety Campaign. The campaign was timed to coincide with the Thanksgiving holiday, one of the busiest travel times of the year for Americans. The emphasis is on enforcement as police agencies across the nation concentrate on laws related to child safety seats. In a related effort during the Memorial Day weekend, officers across the country went after adults who did not wear seat belts. Organizers said the campaign contributed to a one-third drop in the number of traffic fatalities over the weekend, compared with the same period in 1997, Harvey said. In Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. this week, the San Fernando and Burbank police departments The Burbank Police Department is the police department serving Burbank, California. Tim Stehr became the Police Chief of the department on August 1, 2007. The previous chiefs were Thomas Hoefel, David Newsham and Glen Bell. are among the agencies targeting people who violate laws on child safety seats. More tickets are being written, but the exact number was not immediately known, Harvey and others said. The Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . , California Highway Patrol highway patroln. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. and Ventura County Sheriff's Department The Ventura County Sheriff's Department (VCSD) provides law enforcement for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, USA, as well as several cities within the county. The cities that VCSD serves are Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, Ojai, and Thousand Oaks. are not directly taking part in the program, but they say the issue is always a top concern, especially during the holidays. ``People are going to go out and start to buy Christmas presents, and there's going to be a lot of traffic out there,'' said California Highway Patrol Officer Tito Gomez. ``We're going to pay particular attention to child safety seats.'' |
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