Getting Americans to buckle up: The efficacy of state seat belt laws

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1114-1120

  Houston, David J ^a   Richardson Jr , Lilliard E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Fine; Primary enforcement; Seat belt use law; Seat belt use rate; Secondary enforcement

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY FACTOR;

FINE; PRIMARY ENFORCEMENT; SEAT BELT USE LAW; SEAT BELT USE RATES; SECONDARY ENFORCEMENT;

AUTOMOBILE SEAT BELTS;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; SEATBELT; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL MARKETING; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; SEAT BELTS; SOCIAL CONTROL POLICIES; SOCIAL MARKETING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26944501190     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2005.06.009     Document Type: Article

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