The Impact of Legislation, Enforcement, and Sanctions on Safety Belt Use (2007) / Chapter Skim
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41 Sanctions for safety belt violations have typically been minimal in comparison with penalties for other violations. In general, "Stop" sign violations carry greater fine levels than nonuse of safety belts (Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety, 2001)
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compared with an average of 82.4% in primary states with a lower fine (+6.4 points) .97 Opinions of Nonusers Existing low fine levels may be related to attitudes regarding sanctions for nonuse that date back to the 1980s, when SBU laws were first enacted.
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portion was nearly identical to the proportion that said increased fines would affect their behavior. An older study of operators of state-owned vehicles in three Florida government agencies found that a disincentive such as this, combined with dashboard stickers and signature sheets warning of a 25% reduction in benefits for not buckling up, resulted in substantial 38- to 48-point increases in observed usage.
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that a nonuser known to them would likely buckle up. This is compared with 47% for a proposed fine of $25 (the median fine for nonuse in the United States)
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