Walking and Biking to School Even if you don't ride in a motor vehicle, you still have to protect yourself. Because of minimal supervision, young pedestrians face a wide variety of decisions making situations and dangers while walking to and from school. Walk your bike through intersections. Walk with a buddy. The Partnership for a Walkable America has some more information on this topic.
Safety belts are the best form of protection passengers have in the event of a crash.
You are four times more likely to be seriously injured or killed if ejected from the vehicle in a crash. Everyone needs to be buckled up properly. That means older kids in seat belts, younger kids in booster seats and little kids in child safety seats.