• Increasing enforcement of child restraint laws by law enforcement agencies.
• Increasing education of drivers about the importance of child safety seats.
• Raising public awareness about the effectiveness of child safety seats.

The CAPP Program was modeled from an existing program initiated in Tempe in 1994 which partners law enforcement agencies, hospitals, and municipal/justice courts. The Governor's Office of Highway Safety has partnered with several agencies/hospitals throughout the state. The program provides child safety classes in both English and Spanish instructed by nationally certified technicians. Program information will be provided by law enforcement agencies to drivers when issued a citation for ARS 28-907A (child restraint law). Program information will also be provided to each law enforcement agency as well as all of the Municipal and Justice Courts throughout the State of Arizona.

The class allows drivers cited for a violation of ARS 28-907A (child restraint law) to attend an educational class with the opportunity to obtain a child safety seat. Proper installation of the child safety seats will be increased based upon the information provided and hands-on demonstrations. This class provides drivers with an additional option other than purchasing an expensive child safety seat and/or paying a fine which, in some jurisdictions, is in excess of $100.

The two-hour class concludes with the students installing their child safety seats into their vehicles, which are then checked by the technicians.

The class offers a new child safety seat (convertible/booster) to the students who are in need. Students having a seat which is used, recalled, outdated, or was involved in a collision will be offered a new seat to replace the existing one. Fee for the class has been established at $25. Monies collected from the class will be placed in a fund established at each hospital location for the sole purpose of purchasing future child safety seats.

Drivers who own child safety seats but fail to use them in their vehicle will be offered the class. Drivers will bring their child safety seats to the class where they will be checked for recall information and inspected by the technician. The students who attend the two-hour class benefit greatly from the information provided. The class is additionally offered to the general public and will be promoted through various avenues.

The governor of Arizona and the Arizona Underage Drinking Prevention Committee are raising awareness that:

• underage drinking is not a "rite of passage"
• alcohol permanently damages a young person's developing brain
• parents and adults have more influence than they think to keep kids away from alcohol

Draw the Line is funded by the Arizona Parent's Commission on Drug Education and Prevention.

• Enforcement funding to enforce bicycle laws.
• Bicycle helmet distribution programs - emphasis on low-income children.
• Support of "Bicycle Safety Month" in May and "Back to School Pedestrian Safety" Month.
• Comprehensive school based pedestrian and bicycle safety education outreach.
• Participation and coordination of safety fairs -Arizona State Fair Safety Days and Children's Assistance and Resource Event (CARE Fair) -distribute bicycle

• High-visibility law enforcement, including sobriety checkpoints
• Ignition interlocks for all convicted drunk drivers
• Advanced vehicle technologies to prevent drunk driving
• Grassroots support

Statistics:

• In 2007, an estimated 12,998 people died in alcohol-impaired traffic crashes
• Three in every 10 Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related crash in their lives

To provide students with the best prevention and intervention tools possible to deal with the issues of underage drinking, other drug use, impaired driving and other destructive decisions

SADD does not support or condone the use of alcohol by underage young people. The purchase and public possession of alcoholic beverages by anyone under the age of 21 is illegal in all 50 states.

Alcohol alters an individual's vision, reaction times, perception of distance, and judgment of one's abilities. For adolescents, whose brains are still developing in critical ways, alcohol use makes them more vulnerable to learning and memory impairments. The use of alcohol is frequently coupled with risky and potentially destructive behaviors such as physical and emotional violence, rude or thoughtless remarks or actions, sexual mistakes or misjudgments, sexual assaults, and suicide acts and attempts.

SADD believes that young people can have fun, enjoy life and nurture positive personal relationships without the distraction and distortion of alcohol. SADD seeks to demonstrate positive and attractive alternatives to alcohol and other drug-infused activities for teenagers.

SADD does not believe that it is possible to break the law responsibly. SADD and its chapters do not support or condone activities that encourage or enable the use of alcohol by underage young people, including the following activities:

• Designated Driver programs for underage young people
• Safe Rides programs
• Parties where alcohol is served under the supervision of or with the knowledge or consent of parents or other adults
• Drinking subject to passing a Breathalyzer test

Arizona Safe Kids' mission is to reduce unintentional injuries to Arizona children by creating safer homes and communities through education and intervention. Community assessments and action plans are developed each year, providing detailed strategies to reduce childhood injury in communities across Arizona.

In Arizona, there are five local Safe Kids Coalitions, one local chapter, and the Arizona State Coalition. Educational materials, assistance in creating new coalitions, and other injury prevention strategies for communities are available from the Arizona Safe Kids Coalition. Local Coalition accomplishments include regular car seat testing events, a permanent car seat testing site, child passenger safety (CPS) technician certification and development of resource materials for public education.

• NHTSA research shows that fewer people wear their seat belts at night than during the day.
• In 2006, 15,046 passenger vehicle occupants died in crashes between the hours of 6 p.m. and 5:59 a.m. according to NHTSA research. Of that number, 64 percent were not wearing seat belts compared to 46 percent of unbelted daytime occupants between the hours of 6 a.m. and 5:59 p.m.
• Depending on the hour of the day, belt use among passenger vehicle occupant fatalities can vary by nearly 27 percentage points - from a high of 56 percent at 2 p.m. to a low of 29 percent at 2 a.m.

Seat belts save lives - they are the best defense against injuries and fatalities

• In 2006 alone, seat belts saved an estimated 15,383 lives. An additional 5,441 lives could have been saved if seat belts were worn at the time of the crash.
• One in five Americans still fails to buckle up regularly.
• Employing safe driving practices, day and night, is the key to keeping drivers, their passengers, and other motorists on our Nation's highways safe. A seat belt can mean the difference between life and death.