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The impact of legislation on self-reported safety belt use in a working population
J E Fielding1, K K Knight, R Z Goetzel
1Johnson and Johnson Health Management, Incorporated, Santa Monica, CA 90404.
Journal of Occupational Medicine. : Official Publication of the Industrial Medical Association
|July 1, 1992
Abstract:
To assess the impact of safety belt laws, we compared self-reported use of safety belts among employed residents of states with primary, secondary, and no laws in a group of 17,830 volunteer health profile participants. Failure to wear safety belts at least 80% of the time was reported by 22% of subjects covered by primary laws, 23% of those covered by secondary laws, and 39% of those not covered by any law.