Hortman Praised by AAA Minnesota/Iowa for vote on transportation safety

Published in the Brooklyn Park Sun-Post, June 1st 2006

To the editor:

On behalf of AAA Minnesota/Iowa, I would like to thank Rep. Melissa Hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park, for her traffic safety leadership as an author of the child passenger safety bill. There is no higher responsibility for legislators than that of public safety.

Every year children between the ages of four and seven are needlessly killed or seriously injured because they have progressed from their car seats to the adult seat belt without the use of an intermediate stage booster seat.
Despite the fact that once again the Minnesota House defeated the child passenger safety bill, I still want to commend Rep. Hortman for her valiant attempt. Hopefully, next year, the Minnesota House will revisit the issue and enhance traffic safety for our children.

Randy Williams

Burnsville

Randy Williams is the regional president of AAA Minnesota and Iowa.