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February 25, 2006
DOT HEAD WANTS MORE CHILD RESTRAINT USE MANDATES
National statistics showing less than one out of every five kids between the ages of four and eight is riding in a car booster seat are a sign of "failure" and must be addressed immediately, U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta said today during a visit to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Over the past two years, Mineta said, less than 20 percent of kids who should be in booster seats are actually in them when they are riding in cars.
He used the occasion to announce a new federal initiative that will provide $25 million over the next four years to states that pass and enforce new or tougher booster seat laws. He said 34 states and the District of Columbia already have booster seat laws, but took time to call the names of the 16 states that don’t have such protections on the books.
Posted by MVHAP at February 25, 2006 03:49 PM