Difficulties Experienced by Disabled Motorists in the Wearing of Seat Belts

This paper describes how, for many years, the Government of the United Kingdom has sought to encourage drivers and front seat passengers of motor vehicles to wear seat belts in order to reduce the possibility of serious injury or death if the vehicle was involved in an accident. The campaign of persuasion was not totally successful and in July 1982 the Motor Vehicles Regulations were approved and went into effect in the beginning of 1983. These regulations stated that all motorists, with a few specific exceptions, were expected to wear a seat belt. The Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation (RADAR) supported seat belt legislation as part of its function to prevent disability. However, another objective is to ensure that disabled people are able to be as independent as possible, while supporting the compulsory wearing of seat belts.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transport Canada

  1000 Sherbrooke Street, West, P.O. Box 549
  Montreal, Quebec  Canada  H3A 2R3
• Authors:
  • Massie, Bert
• Conference:
  • The Fourth International Conference on Mobility and Transport for the Elderly and Disabled Persons
  • Location: Vancouver British Columbia, Canada
  • Date: 1986-7-21 to 1986-7-23
• Publication Date: 1986

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: pp 937-946
• Monograph Title: Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference, Vancouver, Canada, July 21-23, 1986

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles for the physically disabled; Fatalities; Injury severity; Legislation; Manual safety belts; Persons with disabilities; Physical disabilities; Regulations; Seat belt use; Seat belts
• Identifier Terms: Transed
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01051473
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 14 2007 3:14PM