STANDARD ENFORCEMENT SAVES LIVES: THE CASE FOR STRONG SEAT BELT LAWS

This article briefly reviews a 36-page booklet by the same title that presents information about how effective seat belts are in reducing injuries and deaths and how best to encourage everyone to buckle up on every trip. States that have standard (also called primary) enforcement seat belt laws have higher seat belt use rates. Standard enforcement allows a police officer to stop a vehicle and issue a citation when the officer observes an unbelted driver or passenger. Secondary enforcement means a citation can only be written after the officer stops the vehicle for another infraction. A table is included showing the estimated annual economic savings in 1997 dollars for an estimated 15 percentage point increase in seat belt use in 36 states.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/template.MAXIMIZE/menuitem.935ae205e29ac00baff82410dba046a0/?javax.portlet.tpst=0f20ab7a9032b29e6be0955e1891ef9a_ws_MX&javax.portlet.prp_0f20ab7a9032b29e6be0955e1891ef9a_viewID=detail_view&itemID=f0f4dbd4828bff00VgnVCM1000002c567798RCRD&orderTrafficTechSelect=3D&trafficTechYearSelect=1999&overrideViewName=Report
• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1999-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 2 p.
• Serial:
  • Traffic Tech - Technology Transfer Series
  • Issue Number: 191
  • Publisher: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic benefits; Fatalities; Injuries; Prevention; Savings; Seat belts; State laws; Traffic law enforcement; Utilization
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00762985
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-042 811
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 7 2000 12:00AM