Effectiveness of High School Safety Belt Instruction

The Effectiveness of High School Safety Belt Instruction was developed during a two-phased project. In Phase I, Focus Group Activities were conducted to determine whether audiovisual safety belt instructional materials assembled by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration were understandable, appealing, and subject to improvement in these characteristics. The materials were found to be generally understandable. Additionally, they were clearly appealing to driver education teachers and mixed in their appeal to police public information officers and high school students. There were strong indications that the usefulness of the materials could be enhanced by sequencing the individual media and including appropriate introductory and follow-up discussions. Phase II activities were conducted in traditional school settings to determine the impact of audiovisual safety belt instructional presentations on student knowledge, attitude, and reported safety belt usage. Two treatment groups--driver education students (not licensed to drive) and social studies classes (licensed drivers)--showed significantly better performance than equivalent control groups in each of the three measurement categories, immediately following instruction and one month later.

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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1344
• Corporate Authors:

  American Driver and Traffic Safety Education Association

  123 North Pitt Street
  Alexandria, VA  United States  22314

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Cushman, William D
  • McPherson, Kenard
• Publication Date: 1982-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Tables;
• Pagination: 99p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Audiovisual aids; Driver education; High school students; Highway safety; Knowledge; Seat belts; Traffic safety; Utilization
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01082939
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: DTNH22-81-C-05235
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 21 2007 7:57AM