California Safe KidsWebinar

February 20, 2014

Vehicle Occupant Safety Program (VOSP)Safe and Active Communities BranchCalifornia Department of Public Health

California Child Passenger Safety (CPS) Laws

VC Section 27360 Child Passenger Restraint System: Requirements for Children 8 Years of Age or Younger http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d12/vc27360.htm 27360. (a) Except as provided in Section 27363 a parent, legal guardian, or driver shall not transport on a highway in a motor vehicle, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (3) of Section 27315, a child or ward who is under eight years of age, without properly securing that child in a rear seat in an appropriate child passenger restraint system meeting applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards. (b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to a driver if the parent or legal guardian of the child is also present in the motor vehicle and is not the driver.

CPS VC: 27360 series & 27315http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/vc/tocd12c5a3_3.htm

http://dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d12/vc27315.htm

2003-2013 CPS Conviction Data

CALIFORNIA Vehicle Year Convictions Code 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013Kaitlyn's Law 15620 16 23 19 16 13 11 7 6 9 7 6

15620A 87 100 98 148 162 202 187 164 161 156 140Adult 27315 2,669 1,878 1,963 1,145 1,571 1,369 783 614 732 637 627

27315D 392,385 425,227 385,959 382,938 329,421 282,773 234,726 196,157 171,249 139,521 123,84527315E 42,335 49,895 58,762 64,322 62,825 59,962 56,574 71,279 46,618 40,039 33,90627315F 2,725 2,449 2,087 2,155 1,824 1,493 1,351 1,230 1,084 935 814

CPS 27360 268 144 176 193 194 178 127 113 87 87 8127360A 12,502 12,589 11,768 11,708 11,312 11,225 11,090 10,401 8,994 8,360 7,99127260B 1,672 1,714 1,595 1,567 1,656 1,670 2,153 2,153 1,394 1,034 778

CPS, 6-16 yo 27360.5 9,223 10,036 9,699 9,363 9,265 9,086 8,598 7,574 6,291 4,773 3,465

Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Occupant Protection Related Vehicle Codes, 2003-2013 on the VOSP website. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/HealthInfo/injviosaf/Pages/DMVConvictionData.aspx

Madera – 2003-2013 Conviction Data

MADERA 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

15620 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 015620A 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0

27315 9 11 6 9 11 1 2 753 4 4 527315D 1,612 1,998 1,566 1,357 1,267 1,083 949 245 802 572 35827315E 253 334 304 319 308 264 259 3 279 164 13327315F 34 21 18 16 7 8 7 0 0 0 1

27360 1 0 3 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 027360A 50 48 69 67 71 61 85 68 49 37 1927360B 15 11 14 11 14 5 8 10 9 2 1327360.5 27 62 46 42 31 49 43 33 30 22 23

Santa Cruz 2003-2013 Conviction Data

SANTA CRUZ 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

15620 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 015620A 2 4 3 3 4 3 0 0 1 3 1

27315 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1,365 19 1 027315D 1,976 4,631 4,512 3,798 2,663 2,372 1,814 212 1,181 1,506 1,20027315E 428 624 761 784 565 559 376 4 237 301 26027315F 19 25 18 13 9 16 11 0 12 7 10

27360 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 027360A 84 83 88 72 45 34 45 26 35 49 5127360B 10 6 11 10 9 8 9 2 5 8 927360.5 83 90 99 84 54 68 46 27 25 33 21

Stanislaus 2003-2013 Conviction Data

STANISLAUS2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

15620 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 015620A 2 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 3 2 2

27315 43 30 3 0 0 0 1 3,013 3 2 327315D 6,286 9,871 6,056 5,517 5,790 4,142 2,873 715 2,210 1,714 1,35727315E 820 1,184 1,092 1,073 1,088 852 665 14 614 475 31627315F 46 40 44 30 29 32 10 1 11 5 2

27360 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 027360A 187 177 132 163 175 184 168 150 130 126 12527360B 25 18 25 24 34 25 24 33 17 16 127360.5 135 140 120 141 166 123 104 93 79 52 40

California CPS Technician Training System Changes - DRAFT

• “Information for Bid” application process for all CPS Instructors to become eligible for VOSP support for teaching any CPS Technician Training (Technician training, Update, Renewal, Special Needs, etc.).

• Will need to update “Information to Bid” application every two years to stay eligible on the VOSP list.

• To register for support for a specific Technician course, each Instructor will need to fill out VOSP forms (as usual).

• VOSP supports 1-3 instructors, after host organization pays for 1 instructor. Thus with a 10 person class, VOSP will support 1 instructor. Still a 1-5 instructor to student ratio.

• VOSP provides a stipend of $700 for a Lead Instructor, and $600 for a Co-Instructor.

• Need to be a CPS Technician for 2 years and either an Instructor or Instructor Candidate.

• CPS Technician training course can be 3-4 days.

VOSP Support – Who’s Got Car Seats?, Educational Materials & Car Seats!

Who’s Got Car Seats? – CA Director of CPS Services– Mandated in statute to be updated annually and placed on VOSP website.– Listing of all known CPS Services in the county– Lists the CPS Coordinator– Lists if there is a Violator Education Program

Distribution of Car/Booster Seats– Combination and Low-back boosters– Approximately 20/county

Educational Materials– LATCH Manual, 1 per CPS Coordinator and Safe Kids Coalition– Stand Up Alejandro screen/scroll (posters to come in 2015)– “Knowing California Laws” – English/Spanish Spring 2014

• Other languages (Russian, Korean, Mandarin, Hmong, Vietnamese, etc.) 2015

California CPS Parent BrochureSeptember 2012

English one side, Spanish the other.

Content California CPS law

ages 0-16 Visual and written

content for proper use for all CPS seats

Kaitlyn’s Law Contact information

for inspection station including local health department (fulfills hospital requirement of AB 1452)

Option for each health department to print out a sticker with local contact information to place on poster for county-wide dissemination and use at daycare facilities.

Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Vehicle Occupant Safety Program (VOSP)

California Department of Public Health

VOSP strives to prevent injuries and deaths to children 0-16 years old in California by increasing the use, and correcting misuse, of child safety seats, booster seats, and seat belts.

http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/Pages/CPSinCalifornia-VOSP.aspx

Kate Bernacki, Coordinator Claudia Angel, Administration(916) 552-9855 Kate.Bernacki@cdph.ca.gov (916) 552-9800 Claudia.Angel@cdph.ca.gov