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Seat belt use in Ontario four years after mandating legislation

✍ Scribed by Michael L. Matthews

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1982
Tongue: English
Weight: 776 KB
Volume: 14
Category: Article
ISSN: 0001-4575
DOI: 10.1016/0001-4575(82)90056-2

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✦ Synopsis

An observational survey was conducted on Il.961 vehicles in Southern Ontario to determine car driver sent belt use. Major variables included geographical location, road type. sex of driver and size of vehicle. Overall usage rate was 4.6%

and was higher in the large city and higher for expressways than non-expressways.

Seat belt use was inversely related to car size across all survey sites and geographical locations. Sex differences in usage rates were found to interact with variables of geographical location and r03d type.