Highway Safety

The DOT's Office of Highway Safety is part of the Rhode Island Department of Transportation, and conducts the state's Highway Safety efforts. The DOT OHS works with law enforcement agencies throughout the State to enhance enforcement of highway safety laws.

Dan DiBiasio, Administrator
DOT's Office of Highway Safety
401- 222-3260 Ext. 4098

Room to Live: Click it, Don't risk it

WPRI Channel 12 aired this video on November 24, 2009 to illustrate the importance of seat belts and how they saved the life of the occupants of a series crash.

New Child Passenger Safety Law

• Children under age eight (8) years old, less than fifty-seven (57) inches (4 feet, 9 inches) tall and weighing less that 80 lbs. (max weight limit of a booster seat) must be transported in any rear seating position of a motor vehicle and properly restrained in a child restraint system.
• Children between the ages of 8 through 12 as a passenger in any seating position shall be properly wearing a safety belt.
• Click here for more information

Click It or Ticket

Award-winning Highway Safety video and audio Public Services Announcements, created by Rhode Island High School students, Spring 2008.

RIDOT & Motorcycle Safety

RIDOT's efforts to promote safe motorcycling include public service commercials.

Have you seen the new billboards promoting motorcycle awareness and safety?

View the most recent commercial here.

View RIDOT's first motorcycle commercial from 2007.

Getting the message out: Don't drink and drive

RIDOT and law enforcement officers from throughout Rhode Island organized a press event on October 29 to highlight the purchase of 38 portable electronic message signs for each community to use to help combat drinking and driving.

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Child restraints — when and how

• Necessary steps in child restraint equipment
• Proper Child Safety Seat Chart
• Checklist for buying a used child safety seat (for printing).
• Rhode Island Child Restraint and Seat Belt Laws
• Safety Quick Check for Booster Seat or Seat Belt
• Should your child be in a Booster Seat? The 5-step test
• Child Passenger Safety Technicians in Rhode Island
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
• Pregnant? Protecting yourself and your unborn baby

Mission: Safety 2010

The State of Rhode Island Department of Transportation had the distinct honor of hosting the MISSION: SAFETY 2010 conference, in conjunction with FHWA and NHTSA, on September 19-22, 2010.

The conference was the first of its kind and brought together engineering and behavior modification specialists from all over the country to discuss the common goal: to reduce fatalities and injuries on our highways.

All conference presentations are listed here. Feel free to contact MISSION: SAFETY 2010 Conference Coordinator Despina Metakos at dmetakos@dot.ri.gov or 401-222-3024 Ext. 4096 with any questions.