title: The impact of legislation on self-reported safety belt use in a working population.
abstract: To assess the impact of safety belt laws, we compared self-reported use of safety belts among employed residents of states with primary, secondary, and no laws in a group of 17,830 volunteer health profile participants. Failure to wear safety belts at least 80% of the time was reported by 22% of subjects covered by primary laws, 23% of those covered by secondary laws, and 39% of those not covered by any law.
authors.affiliation: Johnson and Johnson Health Management, Incorporated, Santa Monica, CA 90404.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Fielding
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: R Z
authors.initials: RZ
authors.lastname: Goetzel
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012622:Seat Belts / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control