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, 1()3M ATTACHMENT A APPROVED PROJECT DESCRIPTION SUMMER OCCUPANT PROTECTION SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM (SUMMER OP STEP) City of San Marcos SUBGRANTEE I. AUTHORIZATION: This grant implements Task B of 93-04-02 of the FY93 Highway Safety Plan. II. PROBLEM STATEMENT: The State of Texas has had a Mandatory Use Law (MUL) for safety belts for the past 7 years. Since that time, Texas has seen safety belt use rise to among the highest levels in the country. As of August 1992, combined driver and passenger usage in 18 Texas urban cities was approximately 69.0 percent. The child passenger restraint law was implemented in 1984 for infants and children from birth to 4 yea~s of age to protect them while riding in a car or light truck. According to the Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University, statewide usage for this age group in 1992 was 57.3 percent. The statewide goal for fiscal year 1993 is at least 75% safety belt use by drivers and front seat passengers and 70% safety seat or safety belt use by passengers from birth to 4 years of age. The Save City/Save County Ranking for Drivers or Passengers (> 3 years of age) with no restraint appears in the annual Highway Safety Plan. A ranking for passengers under age 4 with no restraint is also included. cities and counties are ranked with respect to the severity of the problem. This Subgrantee is on these lists with Weighted Ranking Numbers of 13 for Driver or Passenger (>3) and 49 for Passenger «4). The Subgrantee has a safety belt use rate of unk % and has a child passenger restraint use rate of unk ~ o. III. OBJECTIVES: A. To increase safety belt use among drivers and front seat passengers by 5 percentage points and child passenger restraint use by 5 percentage points by the end of the grant period. SUM/93 page 1 of 6