Safe Community Coalition
Links
Links
Resources
| Behavioral & Emotional Health |
| Organization that supports our youth as they face the many challenges ahead of them. Provides parents and other community leaders opportunities for networking, prevention, education and advocacy. This site also links to the Lorain County Youth Pages- a directory of local resources for youth, including: Who can I talk to?, Drugs and Addiction, Social & Recreational Activities, Health, Violence, etc. |
| Child Passenger Safety |
| Ohio's Child Passenger Safety Law regarding Booster Seats has changed and will go into effect on October 7, 2009. Please see this flyer for complete details on the law and how you can keep your child as safe as possible on our roadways. |
| Read this flier to learn more about child passenger safety as well as seat belt safety for pregnant women. |
| Find the answers to frequently asked questions about passenger seat belts including: What is Ohio's current restraint law for front seat occupants? What is the difference between a primary and secondary law? How do seat belts work to prevent injuries? |
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Safety belts are not designed for children.
Beginning at around age 4, many children are too large for toddler seats but too small for adult safety belts. Read this fact sheet to learn more about booster seats for your child. |
| Drunk Driving: Over the Limit. Under Arrest. |
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In an effort to reduce impaired driving and alcohol-related traffic injuries and fatalities, hosted a professional luncheon for liquor establishment owners and servers. This event is intended to decrease alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes through education and enforcement of Ohio State Liquor Laws. Attached is a newsletter summarizing the event’s discussion.
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| The 2011 Zero-Proof Mix-Off Recipe Book offers a variety of zero-proof beverage options that are sure to please your taste buds and make our roadways safer! |
| Drunk Driving: Over the Limit. Under Arrest. This flier, centered around the 4th of July holiday, can be used as a reminder to not drive impaired. |
| The Lorain County Safe Community Coalition has impaired driving graphics and poster files available for use in schools, work sites and agencies. The messages touch on a variety of subjects including: Winter Holiday Season, Baseball Game, Summer/Boating, Football Tailgating, Date Night, Law Enforcement and Parents Who Host Lose the Most. You may print and post fliers, add to your agency's web site or link to the online materials. |
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St. Patrick's Day Resources
St. Patrick's Day is a fun time to celebrate Irish heritage. Unfortunately, it has become a holiday centered around alcohol.
Statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) show that over the past five years, 851 people lost their lives in motor vehicles crashes during the St. Patrick's Day holiday. Out of that number, 327 were killed in crashes that involved a drunk driver or motorcycle rider with a blood alcohol concentration of .08 or higher. Here are St. Patrick's Day resources supporting the Over the Limit. Under Arrest. campaign to use throughout your agency and community. Please click below for the Kiss Me I'm Sober: Lorain County Safe Community Coalition Public Service Announcement featuring Chief Walker and Lt. Brown of the Wellington Fire Department. Thanks to the Wellington Discount Drug Mart and the Wellington Fire Department.
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| You can use the attached posters and media release as resources to remind guests to designate a sober driver and not drive impaired when celebrating your team's efforts both during and after the Super Bowl. |
| The Zero-Proof Mix-off Recipe Book offers a variety of zero-proof options that are sure to please your taste buds and keep our roadways safer! |
| The 2009 Zero-Proof Mix-off Recipe Book offers a variety of zero-proof options. |
| Looking for non-alcoholic party drinks to offer your guests, or want to mix-up something special for yourself? The 2010 Zero-Proof Mix-Off Recipe Book offers a variety of zero-proof options that are sure to please your taste buds and keep our roadways safer! |
| Motorcycle Safety |
| This site was a created through a collaboration with the University of Akron and the Center for Transportation Safety and Innovation in order to provide guidance to those seeking to enhance motorcycling safety at the national, state and local levels. From this site there are links for local law enforcement, motorcycle training programs and Safe Community Coalitions. |
| Crashes in Lorain County support research showing that more than half of all multi-vehicle motorcycle crashes are caused by other vehicles violating the right-of-way of a motorcyclist. Due to these statistics and many others, Lorain County Safe Community Coalition reminds motorists to Look Twice, Save a Life! |
| With more and more motorcycles on the road, motorcycle safety is very important. This poster can be used to promote motorcycle safety. |
| Encourage motorcyclists and other drivers to share the road safely. Use this poster to promote motorcycle safety in your community or workplace. |
| Use this poster to promote motorcyle awareness in your community or workplace. |
| Public Health Links |
| LorainCounty.com is a community-specific website that provides users with unmatched resources to learn about or get involved in the issues, organizations and events that make-up our community. |
| Teen Driver Safety |
| Listen to and use this PSA to promote Parents who Host, Lose the Most in your school, community, or workplace. |
| This resource provides the letter of introduction for a packet of information about a co-signers rights and responsibilities. |
| This site offers information on college drinking geared towards students, parents, and schools administrators and staff. It is a one-stop resource for comprehensive research-based information on issues related to alcohol abuse and binge drinking among college students. |
| This factsheet contains facts about underage alcohol use from the Parents Who Host Lose the Most campaign. |
| Please use these announcements in the morning and/or sporting events in the weeks nearing prom and graduation in order to keep safe driving in the forefront of students' minds. |
| The curfew schedule in this document applies to the following jurisdictions: Brownhelm Township, Penfield Township, Sheffield Township, Eaton Township, Grafton Township, Huntington Township, and Amherst Township. |
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The Lorain County Safe Community Coalition wants to remind teen drivers, passengers and parents this Homecoming Season to buckle up when on the road.
You can use the attached media release as a resource to remind high school students to bukcle up Fall 2010. |
| This document provides tips for parents with teens to prevent alcohol, drug, and tobacco use. Is your teen throwing a party? Going to Party? These are tips you will want to read. |
| Have a teenager getting their driver's license? View Ohio Revised Code 4507.071 to learn more about Probationary License Restrictions and Violations in Ohio. |
| Use this sample newsletter or website article to provide information to parents regarding teenage drinking. Parents Who Host, Lose the Most. |
| Read Ohio Revise Code 4507.07 for information on an Application of minor for license or permit - signature of adult - liability. |
| This document provides a sample Teen Driving Contract- an agreement between teenager and their parent that must be followed or driving privileges will be taken away. Document also includes an overview of the driving laws in Ohio. |
| This document contains suggested seat belt safety interventions for Lorain County High Schools that participate in the Buckle Up Bowl. Please use any of these ideas to encourage teen drivers to buckle up. |
| Read this factsheet to learn more about underage drinking laws and consequences, as well as what you can do as a parent to prevent underage drinking. |
| Traffic Safety |
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This link will take you to an Ohio Department of Transportation fact sheet which provides an overview of the crash problems occurring Lorain County. Local agencies can use this information to develop strategies that target the worst crash types and driver behaviors in their county.
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In 2009, Ohio experienced 298,657 crashes. And of these crashes 74,191 resulted in either injury or death. Often times in a crash it is important that an emergency contact or next of kin can be located due to death or injury that may have occurred. In 2008, Ohio became on of the first states to make a next of kin registration process available.
Any holder of a valid Ohio driver license, commercial driver license, temporary permit or state of Ohio Identification card has the option of providing the name and information of a contact person they wish to be notified in the event the individual is involved in a crash or emergency and is otherwise unable to communicate with the contact person. For additional information on Next of Kin Registration, click here. To add Next of Kin information to you license or identification card, click here. This is one easy step you and your loved ones will be glad you took. |
| View the homepage for the Ohio State Highway Patrol for information on traffic safety. |
| Walking and Biking Safety |
| View this document for information on making safer streets and play places for your child. |
| Elyria City Health District has bicycle helmets available for sale. Please view the flyer for more information. |
| This resource provides some tips for parents to help their kids 5 to 10 years old walk and bike safety. |
| Read this document for more information on keeping your child safe while walking or riding a bike. |
| What's Holding You Back? Seat Belt Safety |
| Read this document to read what Brian Newbacher has to say on behalf of AAA in support of primary seat belts. As you may know, 25 states, including Ohio, still need to strengthen their seat belt laws. Primary enforcement seat belt laws have been shown to increase seat belt usageby an average of 11 percentage |
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Want to increase seat belt use among your high school students? Try one or more of these hands-on and effective intervention methods!
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| This document will provide information on the proposed primary seat belt legislation in Ohio. |
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