Just in time for Black Friday shopping (the day after Thanksgiving when many stores have sales), the US PIRG presents ToySafety.mobi.
According to the site,
ToySafety.mobi is your mobile source for Toy Safety information and is published each year along with U.S. PIRG’s annual survey of toy safety “Trouble in Toyland.”
ToySafety.mobi gives shoppers and parents advice about choking hazards, noise hazards, and other considerations for selecting toys. There is also a contact form to report an unsafe toy to be added to the database.
The outbound links on the site are helpful, but not all are mobile friendly, such as the official US Government’s recalled toy database.
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BuckleUp.mobi has one objective: to convince people to fasten their seatbelts every time they get into an automobile.
If you have ever been to a funeral for someone who died in a car accident, it is a terrible loss. If a teen is involved, it somehow feels like life has cheated us out of the potential that “could have been” as well as the love we feel for a friend or family member. If a police officer later reports that the deceased wasn’t wearing a seatbelt, the “should have, could have, would have” drama often gets played out in our imaginations.
BuckleUp.mobi has information about seat belt usage, including videos of crash test dummies that are graphic in nature about what can happen in a collision where seat belts are not worn. There is a special section just for teens who are likely to make fun of each other for wearing seatbelts. Drivers under age 21 are less likely to wear seat belts and more likely to be in an accident than older drivers. Finally, there is an interactive poll to post how often the reader wears a seatbelt – when I looked, it said just 77% of respondents wear their seatbelt every time the get into a car. That’s not enough in my opinion.
Please share BuckleUp.mobi with someone you care about today.
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