In Sweden it is culturally accepted that children up to age 4 are in rear - facing seats and
child traffic fatalities are among the lowest in the world.»
Not exact matches
According to the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, since inception of this law, vehicular
fatalities for
children have been reduced by 30 %.
Only 1 % of
traffic fatalities involving school age
children during school transportation hours are school bus related.
Child fatalities in
traffic has decreased but is even in 2010 a common reason for
children dying in modern countries.
We realized early on that many
children were dying in
traffic and that almost all of these
fatalities could easily be prevented by simple and affordable mesures regardless of country.
Today we often look at
child fatalities in
traffic.
Yet
traffic accidents remain one of the most common sources of injuries and
fatalities for
children around the world.
That's right, according to the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), most of these
fatalities aren't to the
children on the buses, but rather to occupants of other vehicles involved in the crashes (72 percent) or to other non-occupants of the buses, such as those who are walking and biking to school (20 percent).
A civil
traffic infraction is a non-criminal charge that can usually be disposed of by the payment of a civil penalty or an election to attend a defensive driving course, However, if your citation involves serious bodily injury, a
fatality, leaving a
child unattended in a motor vehicle, or speed 30 + MPH in excess of posted speed limits, you are required to appear before the Court.