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Motor Vehicle Injury

Use of Safety Belts: Laws Mandating Use

Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends safety belt laws to increase safety belt use and reduce deaths and injuries among adolescents and adults. Intervention Safety belt laws mandate the use of safety belts in motor vehicles.…

Use of Safety Belts: Primary (vs. Secondary) Enforcement Laws

Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends primary safety belt laws over secondary enforcement laws to reduce motor vehicle-related injuries and deaths. Intervention Primary safety belt laws allow police to stop motorists solely for being unbelted. Secondary…

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