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Titre :	Nighttime observations of safety belt use : An evaluation of California's primary law. (1998)
Auteurs :	J.E. LANGE ; R.B. VOAS
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	American journal of public health (vol. 88, n° 11, 1998)
Pagination :	1718-1720
Langues:	Anglais
Mots-clés :	Nuit ; Ceinture sécurité ; Politique santé ; Evaluation ; Homme ; Etats Unis ; Amérique ; Amérique du Nord ; Loi
Résumé :	[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST fCR0x45M. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. An analysis was conducted to determine what effect California's change to a primary safety belt law had on safety belt use among nightime weekend dirvers. Methods. Observation of 18469 dirvers in 2 California communities were made during voluntary roadside surveys conducted every other Friday and Saturday night from 9 PM to 2 AM for 4 years. Results. Rates of safety belt use rose from 73.0% to 95.6% (P<. 0005). For dirvers with blood alcohol concentrations of 0.10 or higher, rates rose from 53.4% to 92.1% (P<. 0005). Conclusions. Because substantial improvement in safety belt use was seen even in a group of high-risk drivers, the injury reduction benefits of this law may be high.

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