Article: Seat belt use by drivers and passengers reaches 73 percent, NHTSA reports.

Article: The seat belt defense in Tennessee: The cutting ...
The University of Memphis Law Review;  October 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...The seat belt defense can be restructured within the ... respective causes. The recent state mandatory seat belt use laws, however, have failed to accomplish ... the proper forum for resolution of the seat belt controversy. Whether by court or by ...

Article: Seat belt use among rear passengers: validity of ...
BMC Public Health;  July 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... 1] Background The effectiveness of seat belt usage in reducing the severity of the ... applies to rear seats, where using a seat belt is estimated to reduce the risk of death ... 1, 2, 3]. Furthermore, wearing a seat belt in the rear seats is considered effective ...

Article: Seat Belt Use Reaches All-Time High; Child Deaths ...
PR Newswire;  September 7, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... Michigan passed a primary seat belt law, restraint use ... percentage points to 84 percent. But it's not just adult seat belt use that increases ... from 45 percent to 82 percent in two years. "We ... passing more primary seat belt laws and on high visibility ...

Article: Seat Belt Use By Drivers and Passengers Reaches 73 ...
PR Newswire;  August 30, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... point increase in seat belt use to 73 percent in less than one year ... revealing a rate of 71 percent. "The challenge of increasing seat belt use on our roadways ... continues to lag behind (62 percent). * Seat belt use among passengers ...

Article: National Seat Belt Enforcement Mobilization
Law & Order;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Seven years and 13 waves of seat belt mobilizations after the first national mobilization in 1997, seat belt use in the United States has increased ... The next Click it Or Ticket wave of seat belt enforcement is scheduled for May 26 ...

Article: SEAT BELT BENEFITS ARE COLORBLIND
Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  October 13, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... the federal goal of 90 percent seat belt use by 2005. But blacks ... considerable margin: Nearly 63 percent of white drivers and ... American youth are some 60 percent less likely than their ... belts, and that while seat belt use among white and ...

Article: Seat belt rule divides black lawmakers Some fear ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  April 19, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... administration initiative to increase seat belt use through state laws that permit police ... issue has stymied efforts to pass tougher seat belt laws in states with large urban and minority ... critical injuries in vehicle crashes. While seat belt laws are essentially state and local ...