Factors Influencing Safety Belt Use

Vivoda, Jonathon M.; Eby, David W.

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-381984-0.10016-5

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“…Although many advocated for the use of seat belts in motor vehicles during the early years of automobile production, it was not until the 1950s and 1960s that the rise of the installation of seatbelts in cars was common (16). In recent decades it has become widely understood, normative, and lawful to wear a seat belt while driving or riding in a motor vehicle (31).…”

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“…Previous research on the correlates and factors associated with non-seat belt use have identified a number of sociodemographic variables such as younger age, males, rural areas, rear seating position, African-American ethnicity, and lower incomes (15-16). Although research on persons who never wear seat belts is sparse, extant investigations indicate that such persons are more likely to engage in risky behaviors such as speeding and drinking while driving (17), and are more likely to be impulsive (18).…”

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Buckle up: non-seat belt use and antisocial behavior in the United States

Vaughn

Salas-Wright

Piquero

2012

Annals of Epidemiology

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Objective To compare persons who report that they never wear a seat belt while driving or as a passenger to those that do in a nationally representative sample in the United States. Our guiding hypothesis is that failure to wear a seat belt is part of an antisocial behavior spectrum. Methods Using public-use data from the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), this study employed binary logistic regression with adjustments for complex survey sampling to assess relationships between never wearing a seat belt and sociodemographic variables, antisocial behaviors, substance abuse and co-occurring problems, and criminal justice system contact. Results Individuals who do not wear seat belts are younger, more likely to be male, less likely to be African-American or Hispanic, have incomes less than $75,000, and be a high school or college graduate. After controlling for the effects of age, gender, race, income, education, and population density, individuals reporting that they never wear a seat belt while driving or as a passenger are more likely to report using alcohol and drugs (adjusted odds ranging from 1.61 to 2.56), committing antisocial behaviors including felony offenses (adjusted odds ranging from 2.13 to 3.57), and possess a dual diagnosis (adjusted odds ranging from 1.62 to 1.73). Conclusions Findings indicate that non-seat belt use is convergent with a spectrum of serious antisocial behavior and comorbid psychological distress. Importantly, results suggest that standard seat belt use policies and campaigns may not be effective for non-seat belt using individuals and a targeted approach may be needed.

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Buckle up: non-seat belt use and antisocial behavior in the United States

Vaughn

Salas-Wright

Piquero

2012

Annals of Epidemiology

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“…Some drivers use their seatbelts virtually all the time whereas others do not. The latter are usually highly inconsistent in their seatbelt‐use behavior, deploying their seatbelts on some trips but not others . These facts pose significant practical and scientific challenges.…”

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Understanding and Reducing Inconsistency in Seatbelt‐Use Decisions: Findings from a Cardinal Decision Issue Perspective

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This article has two aims. The first is to present results that partly explain why some automobile drivers choose to use their seatbelts only part time, thereby exposing themselves to unnecessary risk. The second is to offer and illustrate the "cardinal decision issue perspective"((1)) as a tool for guiding research and development efforts that focus on complex real-life decision behaviors that can entail wide varieties of risk, including but not limited to inconsistent seatbelt use. Each of 24 young male participants drove an instrumented vehicle equipped to record continuously seatbelt use as well as other driving data. After all trips were finished, each participant completed an interview designed to reconstruct how he made randomly selected seatbelt-use decisions under specified conditions. The interview also examined whether and how drivers established "decision policies" regarding seatbelt use. Such policies were good predictors of inconsistent seatbelt use. Drivers who had previously adopted policies calling for consistent seatbelt use were significantly more likely than others to actually drive belted. Meta-decisions about seatbelt policy adoption appeared to rest on factors such as whether the driver had ever been asked to consider selecting a policy. Whether a driver made an ad hoc, on-the-spot seatbelt-use decision was associated with a perceived need to make such a decision. Finally, participants with full-time policies were especially likely to deploy their seatbelts by default, without recognizing the need to decide about belt use on a trip-by-trip basis. We end with recommendations for reducing inconsistencies in seatbelt use in actual practice.

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“…In addition, there was a 9% higher percentage of seat belt use in states Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 18:28 24 August 2015 with primary enforcement laws (89%; 95% CI, 88-89%) than in states without such laws (80%; 95% CI, 80-81%; Shults and Beck 2012). However, mandatory use legislation for seat belt use is not a panacea for all drivers because the United States, when compared to other developed countries, has remained among the lowest seat belt use rate after significant increases in seat belt use recently (Vivoda and Eby 2011). Therefore, exploring the target population who do not use seat belts is important for future educational interventions to further reduce death and severe injury due to motor vehicle crashes.…”

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confidence: 93%