TRB SPECIAL REPORT: BUCKLING UP: TECHNOLOGIES TO INCREASE SEAT BELT USE

Congress requested that the National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academies conduct a study to examine the potential benefits and public acceptability of technologies to boost seat belt use, such as reminder systems that exceed regulatory requirements. Under the auspices of the Transportation Research Board, the NRC convened an expert committee to carry out the study, which was funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The committee's findings and recommendations, published in Special Report 278, "Buckling Up: Technologies to Increase Seat Belt Use," include legislative and regulatory actions to enable installation of effective and acceptable new belt use reminder technologies in passenger vehicles. This article provides an overview of the report and briefly summarizes the committee's recommendations.

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  • https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23365
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• Authors:
  • Humphrey, N P
• Publication Date: 2004-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 35-37
• Serial:
  • TR News
  • Issue Number: 232
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0738-6826
  • Serial URL: https://doi.org/10.17226/895

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acceptance; Benefits; Legislation; Recommendations; Regulations; Seat belts; Technological innovations; Utilization
• Uncontrolled Terms: Seat belt reminder systems
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00975936
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 19 2004 12:00AM