THE CANADIAN APPROACH TO THE SEATBELT PROBLEM

Five projects converging on the Canadian seat belt problem are discussed. It is pointed out that preliminary surveys provided background on Canadians' attitudes towards seat belts and knowledge of their safety properties. On this basis educational TV, radio, and newspaper materials were exposed on a nationwide basis in a dual wave campaign. The project package is described as including also statistical estimates of seat belt effectiveness for various levels of use, and a legislation survey, results of which indicated that most Canadians favor mandatory seat belt use. /GMRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • HERON, R M
• Publication Date: 1977-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 5 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Education; Laws; Manual safety belts; Public opinion; Surveys; Utilization
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00165000
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 770153
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1977 12:00AM