This section offers links to partner Web sites and may be helpful to anyone concerned about the use of seats, especially among teens. It is not a complete list, and a Web site's inclusion on this list does not imply an endorsement of the site by the Region Six Teen Seat Belt Project.
Teen Resources:
2009 National Teen Driver Safety Week Planner
AAA: Teen Crashes-Everyone At Risk Report
CVSA/FMCSA Operation Safe Driver
Florida DMV "Take the Wheel" Teen Driving Web Site
NHTSA Increasing Teen Belt Use: Program/Literature Review '05
NHTSA - Night Time Seat Belt Enforcement Strategies
NHTSA - New Driver Issues
NHTSA - Safety Belts and Teens Report 2003
NHTSA - Traffic Safety for Teens
NHTSA and NOYS National Parent & Teen Media Campaign
Seat Belt Enforcement Reporting Site
Wisconsin Parent Teen Driver Program Site
Colorado:
Increasing Teen Belt Use with High Visibility Enforcement
This set of note slides is from the Colorado Department of Transportation and the Nevada Department of Public Safety. It covers highlights of the teen seat belt campaigns and discusses focus, state requirements, NHTSA funding, media, outreach and enforcement. It includes informational bar charts.
http://www.dot.state.co.us/TrafficSafety/SeatBelts/index.cfm
This CDOT Seat Belt Enforcement Reporting Site contains the four teen enforcement period reports which may be queried as "October Seat Belt Enforcement 2007", "January Seat Belt Enforcement 2008", "Seat Belt Enforcement March 2008", and "Seat Belt Enforcement Teen May 2008".
http://www.dot.state.co.us/TrafficSafety/clickit.cfm
This is CDOT's CIOT page; it mentions teens and offers stats on teen observed belt use rates.
http://www.coteendriver.com/
CDOT's comprehensive teen driver safety program, The Driver's Seat. This site shows the "redeem music download card" icon/link used by teens who were rewarded with these cards during Teen CIOT enforcement. The site also links to teen-based radio ads emphasizing belt use.
Nevada:
http://ots.state.nv.us/teen_ticket.shtml
This Nevada OTS site contains information on their teen program and links to a teen driver safety contract and parent-teen safety discussion guide.