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Office of Traffic Safety
To learn the basics of Child Passenger Safety (video):
www.chop.edu/carseat
To learn the basics of Airbags and Deployment (video):
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/airbags/index.html
For Special Needs Kids: car seat resources and advice:
http://www.preventinjury.org/specNeeds.asp or call
1-800-543-6227
Fun for Kids: www.ottoclub.org
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Find a local CPS certified technician or
Find a
local Nevada Child Seat Fitting Station:
Car Seat Technicians
Also try SAFE KIDS
Worldwide (http://www.safekids.org/certification) or
Car Seat Fitting Stations
Also try
http://www.seatcheck.org/
(1-866-SEATCHECK
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s ‘Child Passenger Safety
Contacts’ for any state/region:
State Laws
For information on Other State child restraint and seat belt laws -
http://www.saferoads.org/
For information regarding Nevada child restraint and seat belt laws:
NRS 484.641, Seat Belts -
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-484.html#NRS484Sec641
NRS 484.473, Kids aren’t Cargo -
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-484.html#NRS484Sec473
NRS 484.474, Child Restraints in Motor Vehicles -
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-484.html#NRS484Sec474
For information on all U.S. state and territory laws:
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/New-fact-sheet03/safeylaws-states.htm
Agencies
Safe Kids Washoe County,
http://www.remsa-cf.com/
Louisiana Department of Public Safety,
www.dps.state.la.us/TIGER
Safe Kids Clark County,
http://www.ccsafekids.com/
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration -
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Multicultural Outreach-
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/multicultural/
Organizations
Safe Kids Worldwide -
http://usa.safekids.org/
Kids Safety First,
http://kidssafetyfirst.org/
Buckle Up America,
http://www.buckleupamerica.org/
Booster Seats,
http://www.boosterseat.gov/
Safer Cars (Crash Tests, Airbags, etc.),
http://www.safercar.gov/
Stop Impaired Driving,
http://www.stopimpaireddriving.org/
P.E.A.C.E. (Parent Education and Child Enrichment) Project,
http://www.nv-peace-project.com/
serving Washoe, Humboldt, Lander, Pershing, and Churchill counties
National Association School Resource Officers,
http://www.nasro.org/
Buckle Up,
http://thesharpagency.com/nhtsa/
Buckle Up Texas,
http://www.texasclickitorticket.com/
Partners for Child Passenger Safety (PCPS):
http://www.traumalink.chop.edu/
SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. -
http://www.carseat.org/
National Latino Children’s Institute -
http://www.nlci.org/
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia -
http://www.chop.edu/consumer/index.jsp
I Promise Program,
http://www.ipromiseprogram.com/
Seatcheck, http://www.seatcheck.org/
Publications
2005 Child Safety Seat Ease of Use Ratings
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/CPS/CSSRating/Index.cfm
The ease of use rating is NOT a safety performance rating. GOVERNMENT EASE OF
USE RATINGS ARE PART OF THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S (NHTSA'S)
EASE OF USE RATINGS PROGRAM
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Children’s National Medical Center, CIREN program report, December 2001
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-50/ciren/networkreport/cnmc.html
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TO CONTACT us at the Nevada Office of Traffic Safety:
lagrimes@dps.state.nv.us or
tsafety@dps.state.nv.us
Nevada Office of Traffic Safety
555 Wright Way
Carson City, NV 89711
775.684.7470
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