A Guide for Increasing Seatbelt Use (2004) / Chapter Skim
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I-1 SECTION I Summary Introduction The AASHTO Strategic Highway Safety Plan identified 22 goals that need to be pursued to achieve a significant reduction in highway crash fatalities. The strategies are divided into three broad categories affecting drivers, vehicles, or the highway.
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highest use rates seen in the United States (and internationally)
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SECTION I -- SUMMARY the fact that the "easy" converts to restraint have buckled up -- in other words, once 60 or 70 percent of the people are in seatbelts, increasing the usage rate by even 10 percent becomes very difficult. The challenge now is to increase restraint usage among those who have not yet accepted the educational or enforcement messages.
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children of all ages in all seating positions, regardless of who owns or is operating the vehicle. Other states have less satisfactory laws that do not cover all ages or seating positions or that exempt nonparent drivers from the law.
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SECTION I -- SUMMARY The objectives are listed in Exhibit I-4, along with a series of strategies recommended for achieving them. I-5 EXHIBIT I-4 Emphasis Area Objectives and Strategies Objectives Strategies 8.1 A Maximize use of occupant restraints by all vehicle occupants 8.1 B Insure that restraints, especially child and infant restraints, are properly used 8.1 C Provide access to appropriate information, materials, and guidelines for those implementing programs to increase occupant restraint use 8.1 A1 Conduct highly publicized enforcement campaigns to maximize restraint use.
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