Belt use among drivers traveling on limited access highways was observed before and after New York's mandatory seat belt use law. The results showed that high-speed drivers had lower belt use rates before the law and increased their belt use less in response to the law. Belt use rates before the law
Risk compensation and the Illinois seat belt use law
β Scribed by Steven M. Rock
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 882 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-4575
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