The National Child Passenger Safety Board, managed by the National Safety Council, maintains the quality and integrity of the National Child Passenger Safety Certification Training Program in the United States. The program is used to train and certify child passenger safety technicians and instructors in order to assist caregivers in safe transportation of children. Three of the most common issues that put children at risk: improperly used or installed safety seats, hot cars, and teen drivers. The Board is not limited to keeping kids safe in cars in the U.S. The work of Dr. Marilyn J. Bull to help shape automobile safety law in Chile was highlighted in March 2017 by AAP News. Background Traffic crashes are the leading cause of death in children in the United States. In fact, a child under 13 is involved in a crash every 33 seconds. Education and proper use of air bags, car seats, booster seats and seat belts helps save lives and can prevent injuries and deaths on our nation’s roads every day. Placing children in appropriate car seats and booster seats reduces serious and fatal injuries by more than half. All infants and toddlers should ride in a rear-facing seat until they are at least of two years of age. All 50 states require child seats with specific criteria. Requirements vary based on a child's age, weight and height. In a Health Guide published by the New York Times, parents and caregivers can find answers to questions on rear-facing, forward-facing and booster seats. Read the National Safety Council position statement on child restraints, which addresses child passenger safety among multiple modes of transportation. 54% of child heatstroke deaths occur because a caregiver has forgotten a child in a vehicle. In 2017, 42 children died of heatstroke. National Child Passenger Safety Board Secretariat Amy Artuso pointed to distraction as an issue in an article published by CNN. Artuso and San Jose State University's Jan Null are two of the experts consulted in an article published by The Clarion-Ledger. Earlier, Gene Weingarten reported on kids and hot cars in The Washington Post. Infants and children driven by teen drivers are three times more likely to be injured in a crash than those driven by an adult. In the United States, Child Passenger Safety Week and National Car Seat Check Saturday are observed every year in September. The purpose of these efforts is to