Transcript San Antonio Project - RESEARCH

Safety Belt Use
Goals
• Increase recognition of high risk
situations.
• Improve your decision-making skills.
• Help you create a support network in
your community.
• Instill a higher sense of responsibility in
us.
Welcome
• Welcome and thank you for participating
in this life-saving project.
• The purpose of this training is to learn
and teach each other more about the
importance of safety belts, and how to
use them correctly and consistently.
Madrina-Padrino
• The Madrina-Padrino concept is very clear.
• As Madrinas or Padrinos (Godparents) we
promise to take responsibility for our
Godchild in every way in the event that the
child’s parents are no longer in their lives.
• Madrinas and Padrinos of Traffic Safety
promise to take responsibility for the safety
of their loved ones (regarding traffic safety)
when there is lack of TS knowledge.
Madrinas and Padrinos
• At the end of this module you
will all graduate as Madrinas
and Padrinos of Traffic Safety
(Safety Belt Use).
Defining The Problem
• Hispanics have lower rates of safety belt
use than other ethnic groups in the U.S.
• Motor Vehicle crashes are the leading
cause of death in Hispanics age 1-44.
• The single most effective way to reduce
injuries in a crash is to correctly use a
safety belt on every trip, every time.
Safety Belt Use
• Do you know anybody that was
injured or killed in crash because
they were not wearing their
safety belt?
• Why do people choose to not
wear their safety belt?
Facts
• She thinks she is not at risk without her
seatbelt.
She is…and so is everyone else in the car.
Laws
• Texas law requires that drivers and front
seat passengers in all vehicles must be
secured by a safety belt.
• Children under 17 years of age must be
secured with a safety belt or in a child
safety seat, whether they are sitting in the
front or in the back.
*Please refer to back seat bullets.
Video/Local News
Man Ejected During Crash
Man Ejected During Crash
• A man was critically injured after he was ejected from
his SUV on the East Side early Friday morning.
Police said the man, who they believe is in his 20's, was
speeding down the access road of Loop 410 when he
lost control of his SUV around 1:15 a.m. The SUV
slammed into a steel guardrail. The man was not
wearing a seat belt and was thrown from the vehicle.
The man was rushed to Brooke Army Medical Center in
critical condition
Skit
• What were the risks of not wearing a
safety belt?
• What were the barriers, why did Alicia
not follow all precautions to ensure that
everyone was properly restrained?
• What were the consequences of not being
properly restrained with safety belts?
• What could they have done differently?
• What would you consider the benefits of
wearing a safety belt?
Solution
• Teach by example
– Model safe behavior
– Take safety steps
– Share the information you learned
today
– Most importantly, model safe behavior
with children
Solution
• Making a Promise
– Set a personal goal on how to increase safety
belt use.
– Go out in your community and partner with
someone to check on each other, and let
them know the importance of safety belt use.
Solution
• Spread the word about the Dangers of
not wearing a Safety Belt.
– Now you will sign your Promise
and Action Plan which will
encourage you to talk to friends
and family about the Dangers of
not wearing a Safety Belt.