TESTIMONY REPORT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION HEARING ON PROPOSED SUFFOLK COUNTY SAFETY BELT LAW

On the basis of research on the use of safety belts in the U.S.A. and other countries, it was determined that the issue of safety belt usage and proposed safety belt usage legislation should be brought before the public at a hearing. It was also determined that individuals with technical knowledge on the subject should be contacted. At the public hearing which was attended by 50 persons, 27 gave testimony. An overwhelming majority were in favor of safety belt usage as an individual preference and 6 persons objected on the grounds of infringement of civil liberties. Individuals from the medical profession, traffic safety profession, automotive and insurance industries, public citizens and public interest groups made presentations. This report includes a draft of the local law requiring certain motor vehicle occupants to use safety restraints when driving in Suffolk County. This is followed by the minutes of the Hearing. The introductory remarks of the Suffolk County Executive are presented as well as the individual testimonies.

• Corporate Authors:

  Suffolk County Executive

  Intergovernmental Relations, H Lee Dennison Building
  Hauppauge, NY  United States  11788
• Publication Date: 1983-8

Media Info

• Pagination: v.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile industry; Insurance industry; Laws; Manual safety belts; Physicians; Public hearings; Testimony; Traffic engineers
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00390463
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-036 963
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 30 1984 12:00AM