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The NASA Headquarters Safety and Risk Management Division & The President want You to buckle up! |
| Look for Vince and Larry at NASA HQ! |
NASA HQ Seat Belt Campaign for the Holidays
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The NASA Headquarters Safety and Risk Management Division & The President want You to buckle up! |
| Look for Vince and Larry at NASA HQ! |
| Vince & Larry, the famous Crash Test Dummies, were in the West Lobby of NASA HQ on Monday, December 15. Here they can be seen in front of the seat belt information display. The display featured videos of Vince & Larry, and offered valuable information on seat belt use. Literature on seat belt use was provided. |  |
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Are you wearing your seat belt?
Vince and Larry, the famous Crash Test Dummies, were checking on seat belt usage on Thursday, December the eleventh, outside of the NASA Headquarters garage. |
| Vince and Larry make a report to the NASA Administrator Vince & Larry, the famous Crash Test Dummies, made their report to NASA Administrator Dan Goldin and Deputy Administrator General Dailey, on Seat belt usage at NASA Headquarters. This report shows the results of a survey conducted Thursday morning (December 11, 1997) at the entrance to the NASA Headquarters parking garage. |
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The report said:
A survey was conducted by OSMA staff members on 12/11/97, from 6:50 - 8:20 a.m. at the entrance to the HQ building garage:
Of the 270 vehicles entering the HQ garage, 84% of the drivers and front seat passengers were buckled-up.
The seat belt use rates nationwide averaged only 68% in 1996.
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| Larry, NASA Administrator Dan Goldin, and Vince | Vince, NASA Associate Administrator for Safety and Mission Assurance Fred Gregory, and Larry, |
Seat belt safety training on the Web
The Professional Development Initiative
(PDI) World Wide Web based training server now has a brief training module on
the benefits of Seat belt usage. This will not only meet the requirement for Seat
belt training, but it's a great introduction to the PDI. In order to use the Seat
Belt Module, you will first need a User ID and password on the PDI. Go to the
SOLAR Web site (https://solar.msfc.nasa.gov)
and click on Request a User ID & Password from the first time user area. Fill
out the form on line. As a HQ employee (Or contractor assigned a nasa.gov email
address) you will be approved automatically. Once you have an ID & password,
you need to select the Catalog icon, then select Catalog again. Scroll down on
the next screen and select Mission Assurance, then select Mission Assurance again.
The NASA Safety and Mission Assurance Catalog will then be in view, scroll down
the screen to the Special Topics section and select the Seat Belt Safety course.
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This page was last updated on April 10, 2003