PREVENTING AUTOMOBILE INJURY. NEW FINDINGS FROM EVALUATION RESEARCH

This book includes proceedings of the conference "Preventing Motor Vehicle Injuries," convened in Boston by the New England Injury Prevention Research Center (NEIPRC) on December 10-11, 1987. The authors employ state-of-the-art evaluation research methods to critically assess the merits of policies designed to prevent automobile-related injuries. The analyses demonstrate the need for accurate, reliable information on the precise implications of traffic safety policies--information that public and private decision makers must have in order to develop and implement effective injury-prevention measures. Considered are both behavior change and technological innovations in the evaluation of injury control policies in three problem areas: drunk driving, lack of occupant restraint use, and highway speeding. Using public health or economic frameworks, the authors examine the present and future effects of mandatory safety belt use laws, the lifesaving and economic consequences of alternative automatic occupant restraint designs, the growing intensity of the social and political response to drunk driving, the campaign to raise the minimum legal drinking age, the benefits of higher alcohol taxes, and the impact of the new 65 mph speed limit on highway safety and mobility. Recommendations are offered for future scientific and policy directions.

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  Auburn House Publishing Company

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  Dover, MA  United States  02030-0658
• Publication Date: 1988

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 308 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcoholic beverages; Automatic seat belts; Behavior; Countermeasures; Decision making; Drunk driving; Economics; Highway safety; Injuries; Laws; Legal drinking age; Manual safety belts; Mobility; Policy making; Prevention; Public health; Restraint systems; Speed limits; Speeding; Taxation; Technological innovations; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety; Utilization
• Old TRIS Terms: Automatic restraints; Occupant restraint
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Highways; Law; Policy; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I10: Economics and Administration; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00476033
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0-86569-185-1
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-041 133
• Files: HSL, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 30 1988 12:00AM