15 STATES ENACT MANDATORY BELT LAWS

This article focuses on North Carolina's mandatory belt law and on its recently expanded and strengthened child restraint legislation. A legislative history is given of North Carolina's belt bill, and comments are made on evaluating the effectiveness of mandatory belt legislation. High school incentives programs are noted, and post crash fires are discussed. In the first half of 1985, 15 states enacted mandatory laws. Early results of the law in New York and Michigan are encouraging. Caution is urged in examination of fatal crash data to infer belt law effectiveness. Increase in community belt use rates are discussed, and comments are made on evaluating the effectiveness of child restraint legislation.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

  Highway Safety Research Center
  Chapel Hill, NC  United States  27599
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 1-7
• Serial:
  • Highway Safety Highlights
  • Publisher: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Child restraint systems; Cost effectiveness; High schools; Incentives; Laws; Safety
• Geographic Terms: North Carolina
• Subject Areas: Law; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00495307
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-039 590
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 31 1990 12:00AM