Kansas Traffic Safety Resource Office (KTSRO) aims to increase awareness about Child Passenger Safety, airbags and other occupant protection devices through educational classes, seminars and programming.

To accomplish these goals, KTSRO often partners with outside sources including law enforcement agencies, Emergency Medical Services, primary and secondary schools, Health Departments, safety coalitions and others. Each year, KTSRO reaches a variety of audiences; ranging from children in schools, to adults in the workplace, with a combination of public information, educational programming and community awareness efforts. KTSRO materials, including free promotional items, brochures, fact sheets and The Pulse, a quarterly newsletter related to occupant protection; are also distributed statewide.

Kansas law is clear: Kids must buckle up. The Child Passenger Safety Act requires children under age 4 to be secured in a federally approved safety seat while riding in a vehicle. Children 18 and under must be protected by a safety belt. These are primary violations and can result in citations.

Child Passenger Safety

The three main goals of the Kansas child passenger safety program are to:

• Prevent deaths and injuries to children in vehicle crashes.
• Educate the public in regard to child restraints in vehicles.
• Train and retrain child passenger safety professionals.
  

To increase restraint use and correct installation, key components of this plan include increased access to child passenger safety seats especially to low-use target populations, education and information provided to the general public, and increased NHTSA certified CPS training.

For more information, contact:

Norraine Wingfield, Project Director for KTSRO at
(800) 416-2522
NWingfield@dccca.org