WHY SEAT BELT LEGISLATION IS LEGAL

Each year hundreds of Canadians are seriously injured or killed on the nation's highways. Many of these people would have suffered less serious harm or may have survived had they been wearing safety belts. Indeed, one medicolegal expert estimates that at least 35 to 40% of those who died would have lived had they been in seat restraints. Despite the startling statistics, some provinces are still without mandatory seat belt legislation. Cries of unwarranted intrusion upon the person of another or provincial interference have ruled the day. From a purely legal point of view, however, it is clear that there is no impediment to mandatory seat belt legislation.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Canadian Public Health Association

  1255 Yonge Street
  Toronto 7, ONo,   Canada 
• Authors:
  • Rozovsky, L E
  • Rozovsky, F A
• Publication Date: 1984-1

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 103-104
• Serial:
  • Canadian Journal of Public Health
  • Volume: 75
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Springer Publishing
  • ISSN: 0008-4263
  • EISSN: 1920-7476
  • Serial URL: https://link.springer.com/journal/41997

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Laws; Legal action; Legal factors; Legislation; Manual safety belts; Utilization
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• Old TRIS Terms: Mandatory safety belt utilization
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00395338
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-037 922
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 30 1985 12:00AM