Community-Based “Flashing” to Increase Safety Belt Use

Thyer, Bruce A.; Geller, E. Scott; Williams, Melvin J.; Purcell, E. Peyton

doi:10.1080/00220973.1987.10806449

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“…The active prompting procedure and the Click It or Ticket program have both been shown to be effective for increasing seat belt use (Thyer et al, 1987;Wells et al, 2000). Both programs incorporate a rule; active prompting follows that rule with an immediate consequence (''Thank You'') and the Click It or Ticket program relies on an implied consequence (monetary fine).…”

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Increasing Seat Belt Use on a College Campus: An Evaluation of Two Prompting Procedures

Clayton

Helms

2009

J of App Behav Analysis

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Seat belt use is an important factor in the prevention of automobile accidents involving injuries and fatalities. The current study used a multielement design to compare the “Click It or Ticket” and “Please Buckle Up—I Care” procedures. Results indicate that the Click It or Ticket prompt resulted in a 20‐percentage‐point increase in seat belt use, and Please Buckle Up—I Care resulted in a 14‐percentage‐point increase.

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“…This procedure has been used to increase seat belt use (Thyer, Geller, Williams, & Purcell, 1987) as well as compliance with stop signs (Austin, Hackett, Gravina, & Lebbon, 2006).…”

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Increasing Seat Belt Use on a College Campus: An Evaluation of Two Prompting Procedures

Clayton

Helms

2009

J of App Behav Analysis

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“…Most research on safety belt promotion has focused on adult use (for a comprehensive review see Streff & Geller, 1986). Typical intervention programs have involved various behavioral strategies, including reminder flyers placed on automobile windshields; community, university, or industrialbased programs providing contrived reinforcers contingent upon observed or pledged safety belt use; publidy posted feedback oforganizational safety belt use percentages; safety belt lotteries; dashboard reminder stickers; and "Flash-for-Life" cards used as prompts for unbuckled drivers (Geller, Bruff, & Nimmer, 1985;Thyer & Geller, in press;Thyer, Geller, Williams, & Purcell, in press). These behavioral programs often produce modest but practical increases in safety belt use which may be partially maintained after the programs are discontinued.…”

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Promoting automobile safety belt use by young children

Sowers-Hoag¹,

Thyer²,

Bailey³

1989

Journal of Safety Research

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A program using behavioral practice, assertiveness training, and social and contrived reinforcers was developed to establish and maintain automobile safety belt use by young children. Sixteen children (ages 4.8 to 7 years) who never used their safety belts during a 5-day preexperimental observation period were randomly assigned to two groups of eight each. A multiple baseline design across groups was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the training program. During the 8-day baseline period for Group 1, no children used their safety belts when unobtrusively observed while being driven from school. During the 26-day intervention period, the children were buckled up on 96% of the observations. Follow-up probes conducted 2-3 months after program discontinuance found safety belt use to range from 86% to 100%. For Group 2, the 14-day baseline safety belt use averaged 6% and increased to a mean of 81% during the 20-day training and maintenance program. Followup probes 2-3 months later found safety belt use to occur during 75%i to 96% of the observations. Parent questionnaires indicated the generalizability and social validity of the program.

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“…Studies using applied behavior analysis have demonstrated that prompting effectively increases safety belt use (Austin, Alvero, & Olson, 1998;Engerman, Austin, & Bailey, 1997;Cope, Moy, & Grossnickle, 1988;Cox, Cox, & Cox, 2000;Geller, Bruff, & Nimmer, 1985;Thyer, Geller, Williams, & Purcell, 1987;Williams, Thyer, Bailey, & Harrison, 1989). Signs and volunteers were used in four of these prompting studies, with substantial increases in safety belt use resulting in each case.…”

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The Effects of Prompting and Feedback on Drivers' Stopping at Stop Signs

Austin

Hackett

Gravina

et al. 2006

J of App Behav Analysis

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Complete stops at a high-traffic intersection on the campus of a public university were increased with a prompting and consequence intervention. Data were collected at two opposing stop signs (Stop A and Stop B); however, the intervention was implemented only at Stop A. During the intervention, a volunteer stood next to Stop A holding a poster that read, ''Please Stop-I Care,'' with ''Thank You For Stopping'' on the reverse side. The poster was held by the volunteer so that drivers approaching Stop A could read the sign. Drivers approaching Stop B could see the volunteer but could not read the sign. When vehicles approaching Stop A made a complete stop, the volunteer flashed the ''thank you'' side of the poster to the driver. The strategy was evaluated using a multielement design. The intervention increased stops completed at Stop A from a baseline average of 13% to an intervention average of 52%. Stop B also showed improved stopping, from a baseline average of 6% to an intervention average of 28%. Data showed no relation between complete stops made and the drivers' use of turn signals and safety belts.

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Community-Based “Flashing” to Increase Safety Belt Use

Cited by 27 publications

References 8 publications

Increasing Seat Belt Use on a College Campus: An Evaluation of Two Prompting Procedures

Increasing Seat Belt Use on a College Campus: An Evaluation of Two Prompting Procedures

Promoting automobile safety belt use by young children

The Effects of Prompting and Feedback on Drivers' Stopping at Stop Signs

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