Alberta Occupant Restraint Program AORP Option Four

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Alberta Occupant Restraint Program(AORP)Option
Four
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Purpose

• Focus on the Option Four program
• Context and scope
• Origins of the Program
• How the program works in the community
• Why Alberta has to have an Option Four

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Context and Scope

• AORP provincial committee responsible occupant
  restraint planning/programming
• Option Four one of several programs under
  provincial Education strategy
• Provincial scope
• Health Enforcement

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Origins of the Program
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Origins of the Program

• What we knew
• When parents were asked Think you are you using
  your car seat correctly? Over whelming yes
• Would you seek out information to check your car
  seat? no, because Im using it correctly!
• When it was pointed out to parents that they were
  using their seats incorrectly, then they would
  seek information.
• We needed to force parents to get the
  information required to make corrections.
• Could not be a punitive measure, (ethical
  question)

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Origins of the Program

• What we knew
• Problem How do you get the attention of a
  population that believes they are not at risk
  because they have already taken the appropriate
  steps to be safe. (ie. Bought the seat)
• We didnt have the means to intervene with the
  population
• No process in place to compel people to assess
  their car seat.
• Couldnt force them to have their seats
  inspected.

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History

• An interesting partnership develops 1997
• Health
• experts on CRs and dealing with parents
• Enforcement
• experts on enforcement
• only organization with mandate to intervene with
  vehicles
• Name that program
• CREEPs
• TTA Think the kids are buckled up right? Think
  Again!
• CORP
• ORCA
• AORP
• Evaluation 5 year evaluation
• Process, qualtative and quantitative data

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How the program works Enforcement

• Done one of two ways
• Targeted Safety Checks- Pull over all vehicles
  that have children who appear to be lt 16 years
  old. See Safety Check Guidelines
• Routine patrols child seats or seat belts
  checked during regular traffic stops

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Process

• Police officer and/or trained child seat
  inspector approach vehicle.
• Visual inspection only
• Determine if charges are to be laid against
  driver
• In addition to the normal charges, the driver is
  offered the Option Four
• Driver may choose to attend education session to
  have ticket recommended for withdrawal.

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Process

• Client advised of Option 4 class.
• Three month court date required to give client
  the time to attend the class.
• Ticketed driver must attend but others are
  welcome.

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Classes

• Taught by health representative and enforcement
  officer together.
• Approx. 2 hours in length.
• Provide basic child seat and seat belt
  information which then enable the client to make
  the appropriate changes
• Attendance at class then ensures ticket is pulled
  on court date.

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Evaluation

• Extremely effective way to provide critical
  information to target group
• Benefits of the partnership exceed value of
  initial program
• 25 - 50 attendance
• Multiple offences
• Distance
• Immediate Correction
• Fine value
• Number of Demerits

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• Questions

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AORP ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
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Option Four one of many programs under the
Alberta Occupant Restraint Program AORP

• Alberta Health Wellness
• Alberta Transportation
• Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police
• Alberta Health Services (formerly Regional
  Health Authorities)
• St. John Ambulance
• Solicitor General
• Calgary Police Service
• Edmonton Police Service
• Insurance Bureau of Canada
• Stollery Children's Hospital
• International/Intergovernmental Aboriginal
  Relations
• Municipal police services (Lethbridge, Medicine
  Hat, Vulcan, Taber)
• organizational mandate to address issue