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Seatbelt legislation in Japan: high risk driver mortality and seatbelt use.
OBJECTIVES To clarify why seatbelt legislation did not achieve the expected reduction in mortality in Japan. LOCATION AND BACKGROUND: Seatbelt legislation was enacted in Japan in September 1985 and penalties were introduced in November 1986. METHODS The driver deaths per vehicle km traveled (D/VKT) were calculated to adjust for changes in traffic volume. Decreases in D/VKT were compared with ...
متن کاملSeatbelt use by high school students.
OBJECTIVE To determine seatbelt use of teenage drivers arriving at high schools in the morning and at evening football games compared with belt use of adults driving teenage passengers to these events, and teenage passenger belt use depending on whether they were being driven by another teenager or an adult. METHODS Unobtrusive observations of belt use were made at 12 high schools in Connecti...
متن کاملAcetabular fractures before and after the introduction of seatbelt legislation.
OBJECTIVES To compare the incidence and severity of acetabular fractures and associated injuries before and after seatbelt legislation. DESIGN A retrospective study. SETTING Two major trauma centres, which are teaching hospitals. PATIENTS Three hundred and ninety-three patients who sustained acetabular fractures during the 5 years before and 5 years after seatbelt legislation was enacted....
متن کاملInjury severity in relation to seatbelt use.
5 January 2015, Vol. 105, No. 1 Injury severity in relation to seatbelt use To the Editor: I read the article by Van Hoving et al.[1] with great interest. Two interesting aspects of the study are that it included patients in the prehospital setting, and involved both the Division of Emergency Medicine and the Department of Civil Engineering at their institution (Stellenbosch University, Western...
متن کاملSeatbelt Use Following Stricter Drunk Driving Regulations
We present evidence from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System that shows increased seatbelt use following the enactment of stricter BAC thresholds in states where seatbelt laws are primarily enforced. This suggests that inebriated drivers may use their seatbelts more judiciously to avoid being identified as a drunk driver by law enforcement. The ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Injury Prevention
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1353-8047
DOI: 10.1136/ip.9.1.29