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Occupant Safety Resources
Ensuring safety in and around vehicles involves more than just seat belts, car seats or booster seats. There are various modes of transportation, types of vehicles, and risks to consider.
From the dangers of hot cars and winter safety precautions to school bus safety and guidelines for golf carts, recreational vehicles, and off-road vehicles, each situation presents unique considerations. Additionally, securing pets, managing projectiles in vehicles, and understanding safe travel on airplanes are essential aspects of overall safety.
By learning about these diverse safety considerations, you can help protect yourself, your children, and your passengers, ensuring safe journeys for everyone
Hot Cars
More than 1,000 children have died of heatstroke in the last 25 years because they were left or became trapped in a hot car. While these tragedies can happen to anyone, they’re always preventable.
Winter Safety
Winter poses special challenges when it comes to keeping kids safe in car seats. A caregiver’s natural instinct is to bundle little ones up against the cold but that gets tricky when you need to use a car seat correctly.
School Buses
Transportation to and from school is a critical aspect of a child’s daily routine, and school buses play a vital role in ensuring safe travel for students.
Off Road Vehicles
When it comes to off-road or All-Terrain Vehicles (ATV), the safety advice is simple: Children under age 16 should never operate or be a passenger on an ATV.
Airplanes
While statistically speaking there’s greater danger of being seriously injured or killed in a crash on the way to airport than once your plane takes flight, it’s still important to make certain all passengers – including kids – are safely secured.
Recreational Vehicles
Before your family hits the road for an adventure in a recreational vehicle, make sure you know how to keep younger passengers safe along the way.
Golf Carts
Projectiles
Pets
Restraints for your four-legged passengers aren’t required by Minnesota’s seat belt law or Child Passenger Safety statute. Nonetheless, that means like their humans they should be safely restrained to keep them, and you, safe.
Emergency Vehicles
Other Resources
Disclaimer:
The information and materials found on this website are intended for reference and education. To ensure all passengers are using vehicle restraint systems correctly, please consult with a certified Child Passenger Safety Technician, as well as your vehicle’s owner’s manual and your child restraint owner’s manual.