Beginning May 18 until May 31, the Hood River City Police Department will be conducting a two week traffic safety Blitz campaign. The focus will be on seat belts, speed, and cell phone use while driving. The purpose of this traffic enforcement is to promote safety, compliance, and to reduce the number of motor vehicle related injuries or deaths. This enforcement campaign will take place throughout the state.

Oregon law requires a child weighing less than 40 pounds to be properly restrained by a child safety seat. A child under one year of age or weighing less than twenty pounds must be restrained in a rear-facing child seat. A child over 40 pounds but under age eight or less than 4 feet, 9 inches tall must be restrained in either a child seat with a harness system or in a booster seat that raises the child up so that a lap and shoulder belt system fit correctly.