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Topic: Legislation

A Crash Survivor and CPST Pays It Forward

Delightful book Francie and Fitz Booster Buddies is Harty's latest effort to promote child safety

Jenny Harty found her passion for promoting CPS the hard way: On July 1, 2002, her family was involved in a serious hit-and-run crash with a logging truck. The first responders and doctors who tended to her 5-year-old daughter, Madison, assured Harty that her daughter was alive thanks to proper booster use.

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Strong Belt Laws Boost Use by Teens

A study by The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and State Farm insurance shows that teens who drive in states with primary seat belt law enforcement are more likely to buckle up than those in states with secondary enforcement.* ((Drivers violating primary laws can be pulled over and cited, whereas drivers violating secondary laws can be cited for the infraction only if first pulled over for violating a primary law.)) It also found that teens buckle up more often while driving (82 percent) than as passengers (69 percent).

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