Reducing Traffic Fatalities in the American States by Upgrading Seat Belt Use Laws to Primary Enforcement

Autor/inn/en	Houston, David J.; Richardson, Lilliard E., Jr.
Titel	Reducing Traffic Fatalities in the American States by Upgrading Seat Belt Use Laws to Primary Enforcement
Quelle	In: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 25 (2006) 3, S.645-659 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0276-8739
DOI	10.1002/pam.20195
Schlagwörter	Restraints (Vehicle Safety); Motor Vehicles; Police; Law Enforcement; Traffic Safety; Crime Prevention; Public Policy; State Legislation; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Motor vehicle; Kraftwagen; Gesetzesvollzug; Öffentliche Ordnung; Landesrecht; USA
Abstract	A key component of crime deterrence is the certainty of detection, but in 2005 seat belt laws in 27 states prohibited law enforcement officers from ticketing an observed violation unless the driver is stopped for another offense, which is referred to as secondary enforcement. Thirteen states and the District of Columbia have upgraded from secondary to primary enforcement, which authorizes police to stop a motor vehicle if a driver or occupant covered by the law is observed not using a seat belt. To test the impact of seat belt enforcement provisions, cross-sectional time series regressions are estimated for annual driver and occupant fatality rates in the American states from 1990 to 2002. Using several control variables for other traffic policies and state demographics, the results indicate primary enforcement is more effective in saving lives than secondary enforcement. Furthermore, upgrading to a primary law enhances the effectiveness of an existing state mandatory use law. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10