Achieving
a High Belt Use Rate: A Guide for Selective Traffic Enforcement Programs
posted 6/01
This is a short How To Guide for communities who want to do a selective
traffic enforcement program (sTEP). It describes how Chemong County (Elmira),
NY increased their seat belt use rate from 63 percent to 90 percent in
three short weeks. The Guide describes leadership and coordination, enforcement
strategies, public information and education messages, and includes data
sheets to track progress.
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Evaluation
of Click It or Ticket Model Programs .Pdf Version
(posted 10-25-02)
Click It or Ticket (CIOT) is an intense, short duration, seat belt
enforcement program that relies heavily on paid media to reach all
motorists. During the Memorial Day 2002 holiday period, 10 states
that implemented the full CIOT model (5 weeks of earned media, 2 weeks
of paid media, 2 weeks of intensive enforcement, and belt use observations
surveys and public awareness surveys) were compared to 4 states that
conducted belt use enforcement but with limited specific paid advertisement
placement, and 4 other states that conducted enforcement but without
specific paid advertisement placement. Belt use increased +8.6 percentage
points averaged across the 10 CIOT states, +2.7 percentage points
across the 4 limited paid media states, and +0.5 percentage points
across the 4 states using no specific paid advertisement placement.
Evaluation
of Maryland, Oklahoma, and the District of Columbia's Seat Belt
Law Change to Primary Enforcement posted 6/01
In 1997, these three jurisdictions upgraded their seat belt laws to
primary enforcement, where an officer can issue a seat belt citation
whenever an unbelted driver is observed. Belt use increased from 71
to 83 percent in Maryland, 47 to 56 percent in Oklahoma, and 66 to
80 percent in the District of Columbia upon passage of the new laws.
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Misuse
of Child Restraints (posted 2/04/04)
This report presents
the results of a study that measured the current level of misuse of child
restraint systems among the general public. The project focused specifically
on forms of misuse that can be expected to raise the risk of injury to
a child in the event of a crash. The study collected data on 5,527 children
under 80 lbs in six States. S
Occupant
Protection Special Traffic Enforcement Program Evaluation Also available
in .pdf
Twenty states received grants to conduct special traffic enforcement
programs (STEPs) to increase seat belt usage in their states. Belt
use increased an average +5.6 percentage points in secondary law states
compared to +16.8 percentage points for primary law states.
Operation
of Inspection Stations for Child Restraint Use (posted
10/30/2003)
Inspection stations are locations where parents and caregivers can
go to receive one-on-one tutorial instruction on the proper use and
installation of child restraints. The objective of this project was
to identify and describe the characteristics of model child safety
seat inspection stations so that safety professionals can make better
strategic and resource allocation decisions for implementation of
inspection stations. Seven geographically diverse child passenger
safety inspection station programs with a cross section of types of
sponsors are described.
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Process
and Outcome Evaluation of the Buckle Up America Initiative Evaluation
(posted 09/28/2001)
Activities have been underway since 1998 to document the progress of
all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico in achieving
the national initiative to increase the national seat belt use to 90
percent and to reduce child occupant fatalities by 25 percent by the
year 2005. By 1998, child fatalities under the age of one decreased
21 percent and those to children ages 1 to 4 decreased 8.6 percent.
Seat belt use across the nation increased from 58 % in 1994 to 61 %
in 1996, to 69% in 1998 to 71% in 2000.
Process
and Outcome Evaluation of the Buckle Up America Initiative - .PDF
Version
(posted 8/17/01)
Process and Outcome Evaluation of the Buckle Up America Initiative
Evaluation activities have been underway since 1998 to document the
progress of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico
in achieving the national initiative to increase the national seat
belt use to 90 percent and to reduce child occupant fatalities by
25 percent by the year 2005. By 1998, child fatalities under the age
of one decreased 21 percent and those to children ages 1 to 4 decreased
8.6 percent. Seat belt use across the nation increased from 58 % in
1994 to 61 % in 1996, to 69% in 1998 to 71% in 2000.
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