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Issue: # 200910 May 7, 2009
Click It--Don't Risk It Chronicle
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Make some NOYS during May about youth traffic safety!
Michigan has highest belt usage! t
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Greetings!
 
Mother's Day is Sunday, May 10.  The best gift a mother can receive is the safety and health of her children.  You all play a role in helping Nebraska mothers receive that gift, whenever you encourage youth to wear their safety belts and take precautions against the bodily damage a crash can cause. 
Make some NOYS during May about youth traffic Safety!
The National Organization for Youth Safety provided these easy ideas for spreading the word about youth traffic safety!  Safe drivers use safety belts!

"Grocery Stores - Have the store drop safe driving fliers in grocery bags/carts.

Florists - During prom season, put safe driving stickers on corsage boxes.

Tuxedo Rental Store - During prom season or any occasion have the tuxedo company put safe driving materials in tuxedo pockets and hand out at point of sale.

Bowling Alleys - Hang safe driving posters in the bowling alley or use as handouts at the counter.

Fast Food Restaurants - Provide tray liners in fast food restaurants or ask if you can staple a flyer to the bags - it works - teen tested and approved!

Public Transportation - Encourage safe driving messages on the outside of buses or at subway stops.

Hair Salons/Nail Salons/ Tanning Shops/Barber Shops - Have small handouts available for customers to pick up at the cash register when they pay.

Schools - Place road safety posters in high schools or at sports games. Have parking lot signs on campus? Post safe driving reminders on these - be sure to get permission first.

Dealership Service Centers/Oil Change shops - Place safe driving brochures/handouts in service centers.
Use your chalk art skills and write messages on your campus's sidewalks

Tag your cars with safe messages about safe driving.
Use the PSAs available here  during morning announcements."

NOYS May Safety Month

Michigan has highest belt usage!

Nebraska safety fans!  Our safety belt usage rate is 83%  and increasing, but we still have a ways to go! In March, Michigan sent out a press release touting NHTSA's confirmation that their state has the highest seatbelt use rate in the nation. 

There are many ways to get the word out to Nebraskans--from company policies to school assemblies.  Let's work together to emphasize the need for restraints and to get all Nebraskans buckled up!

Read the article--March 5, 2009 - Michigan Seat Belt Use Highest in the Nation; NHTSA Confirms 97.2% Rate Tops in 2008
The "Click It Chronicle," our Click It Campaign e-letter, published whenever there is news, is available to all those interested in increasing safety belt usage.  Please share this information freely. Take the information, copy to friends, businesses and organizations with the same concerns.  Using the information provided will help reduce the needless fatalities and injuries on our highways and the associated costs. To subscribe to this e-letter, join the coalition, or be removed from the list, contact the Click It Team at cidri@safenebraska.org.