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1979 Survey of Public Perceptions on Highway Safety
Safety belt usage is widely recognized as a cost-effective countermeasure for reducing injuries and deaths associated with traffic accidents; however, only a small percentage of drivers regularly use them. As a result, the Secretary of Transportation has mandated that starting in 1982 automobiles be equipped with either airbags or automatic belts. The next section of this report looks at public attitudes and perceptions with respect to these two countermeasures.
During nine days in June 1977 and nine in June 1983, four major metropolitan areas of Virginia were surveyed to determine whether safety restraints we...
During nine days in June 1983, 1984, and 1985, four major metropolitan areas of Virginia were surveyed to determine the extent to which safety restrai...
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