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Air bag safety
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Gives links to information on safety issues concerning the use of air bags in vehicles. Includes commonly asked questions about air bags, advice on how to prevent being injured by a deploying air bag, the evaluation of the effectiveness of air bags and seat belts, and how to protect children in vehicles.
- Source: Transport Canada
- From: Road safety
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Boosting the case for car booster seats!
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Presents statistics on the use of booster seats. Explains when to begin using a booster seat, why it is important, how to select one, and how to use it correctly. Provides guidelines to help in determining whether a child has out grown the need for a booster seat.
- Source: Canadian Health Network (CHN)
- From: Magazine feature of the month: archives
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Buckle-up basics
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Describes the various types of child car seats available -- rear-facing infant seats, combination seats, booster seats, and seat belts. Offers tips for parents to select and correctly use a seat appropriate to the child's age.
- Source: Canada Safety Council (CSC)
- From: Child safety
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Canadian motor vehicle traffic collision statistics: 2003
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Presents 2003 statistics on motor vehicle fatalities and injuries by age group, road user class, type of vehicle, place of occurrence, month of occurrence, time of day, light conditions, weather conditions, and legal impairment. Gives an overview of statistics on total collisions and casualties from 1984-2003.
- Source: Transport Canada
- From: Statistics and reports
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Car time: stage 3: safe travel in a booster seat
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Presents an information sheet on using booster seats. Covers when to use, how to use, and when to replace booster seats.
- Source: Transport Canada
- From: Road Safety: Child Safety
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Car time: stage 4: safe travel in a seat belt
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Presents an information sheet on using seat belts. Covers when to buckle up and explains how to use the lap belt and shoulder belt. Link requires PDF reader.
- Source: Transport Canada
- From: Road Safety: Child Safety
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Child passenger safety
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Provides facts regarding children and car restraints. Offers tips on child-passenger safety including choosing and installing a car/booster seat, seat belts, and travel toys.
- Source: Safe Kids Canada
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Child seats on school buses
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Offers information on school bus safety and identifies safety features, safety standards and regulations. Discusses compartmentalization, seat belts and child restraints for pre-school-aged children who are travelling on school buses.
- Source: Transport Canada
- From: Child safety
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Do seat belts really work?
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Explains how seat belts work and gives statistics to show that seat belts reduce the chances of death or serious injury from motor vehicle collisions. Prepared by the Alberta Motor Association and Health in Action.
- Source: Canadian Health Network (CHN)
- From: FAQs: injury prevention
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Frequently asked questions
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Gives links to four categories of frequently asked questions: information for drivers - driver handbooks, license classes, new driver permits; information on vehicle standards and regulations; information on safety devices – air bags, seat belts, car seats; and information on other forms of transportation.
- Source: Ontario Ministry of Transportation
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