The Impact of Legislation, Enforcement, and Sanctions on Safety Belt Use

This report summarizes the effectiveness of mandatory approaches to increase safety belt usage. The report will be of particular interest to safety practitioners with responsibility for developing and implementing safety belt usage programs. It focuses on the impact of legislation, enforcement, and sanctions in increasing safety belt usage. It finds strong and consistent evidence of past and current legislative and enforcement efforts, as well as consistent evidence suggesting the importance of sanctions.

• Record URL:
  • https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23127
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• Availability:
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• Authors:
  • Nichols, James L
  • Ledingham, Katherine A
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 76p
• Serial:
  • NCHRP Report
  • Issue Number: 601
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0077-5614

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Impact studies; Law enforcement; Legislation; Sanctions; Seat belt use; Seat belts
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01084269
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309099127
• Report/Paper Numbers: Project 17-33
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 10 2008 10:41AM