The magnitude of road-related trauma as a public health problem is presented. The various unsuccessful techniques to increase safety belt use over the last two decades are described to emphasize the fact that, in the short term, safety belt use legislation is the only remaining option to reduce the toll.
In: Advances in belt restraint systems, design, performance and usage : proceedings of the international congress and exposition, Detroit, Michigan, February 27 - March 2, 1984, p. 101-109, fig., tab., ref.; SAE Paper No. 840324.
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