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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Seat Belt"”.
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Design of a four-point seat-belt presenter
… of this thesis was to design and prototype a seat-belt presenter of a four-point seat-belt system for the Lear Corporation. The seat-belt presenter designed is to be implemented in automobile seats in order to facilitate putting a four-point seat belt. The worked perform is the culmination of …
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Factors that impact seat belt usage and injury severity of belted front seat occupants
Factors influencing seat belt usage have been extensively researched in the safety analysis literature. Most of this research has focused on factors that influence seat belt usage for a driver and front seat passenger in a vehicle. Few research studies have investigated factors that impact seat …
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Development of industry-based strategies for motivating seat-belt usage among blue-collar workers
Research has shown that seat belt wearing among white-collar workers can be motivated through the use of incentives. Incentive strategies have not, however, been effective among blue-collar workers for several reasons: (1) lack of identification with the programs; (2) lack of influence on …
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Validity of Self-Reported Data on Seat Belt Use: The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
… is widely accepted that increased use of safety belts and reductions in driving while impaired are two of the most effective means to reduce the risk of death and serious injury of occupants in motor vehicle crashes.</p> <p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and NHTSA monitor …
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Personal Beliefs About the Effectiveness of a Primary Seat Belt Law in Virginia Versus North Carolina
<p>Seat belt law strength (primary versus secondary) affects the ability of law enforcement to enforce consistent seat belt use, especially in secondary seat belt law states. Certain demographics correlate with seat belt law effectiveness beliefs and overall seat belt use. The current study used an …
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Teenage compliance to Texas safety belt law
… Ss to observe non-compliance of the mandatory seat belt law and to determine if there were behavioral changes as a result of an educational program, as well as, a threat of a fine. Data were collected 3 times: prior to the treatment, at the conclusion of the treatment, and the day following the …
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Effect of Belt Usage Reporting Errors on Injury Risk Estimates
… of a research effort investigating the effect of belt usage reporting errors of National Automotive Sampling System-Crash Data System (NASS-CDS) investigators on injury risk estimates. Current estimates of injury risk are developed under the assumption that NASS-CDS investigators are always …
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Analysis of the design of a car seatbelt : a study of the invention and a proposal to minimize the risk of injuries during pregnancy
Current vehicle seat belts are not tested for performance with pregnant women and greatly ignore the damage that can be caused to an unborn baby. In fact, the automotive seat belt has undergone almost no change since it was first patented in 1958. The forces from the seat belt against an expectant …
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Rural Women and Health Status Appraisal
… exams, pap smears, physical exams, exercise, and seat belt use?
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Sociala normer och regelefterlevnad : Trafiksäkerhetsfrågor ur ett rättssociologiskt perspektiv
… sanctions? The question is delimited to speed, seat belt use and sobriety. The thesis thus operates using three fundamental unities of analysis: speed, seat belt use and sanction. The question will be answered using five main instruments. Firstly, it concerns a theoretical model of analysis …
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The Potential of Event Data Recorders to Improve Impact Injury Assessment in Real World Crashes
… beyond regulatory crash tests, (3) determine the seat belt accuracy of current databases, and (4) assess the merits of other vehicle-based crash severity metrics relative to delta-v. This dissertation firstly assessed the capabilities of EDRs. Chapter 2 demonstrated the accuracy of 176 crash …
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Evaluation of event data recorders in real world crashes and full-scale crash tests
… other crash related parameters such as driver seat belt and airbag deployment status accurately in five of six tests as well.</p> <p>Comparison of EDRs with real world accident reconstructions was performed for 315 General Motors cases and 10 Ford cases from the National Automotive Sampling …
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Evaluation of the flail space model utilizing event data recorder technology
… widespread availability of airbags and increased seat belt usage rates in today's vehicle fleet, however, raise serious questions regarding the validity of the model. Recent implementation of Event Data Recorder (EDR) technology in a number of late model vehicles presents a different perspective …
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The epidemiology of risk behaviour of high-school students in the Cape Peninsula, South Africa
… ever smoked cannabis; 37,3% had failed to wear a seat belt on the last occasion this was possible; 9,8% of males had carried a knife to school and 25,0% had walked home alone at night in the previous month; and 17,4% had ever participated in sexual intercourse. With few exceptions, the unadjusted …
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Effects of Intervention on Booster Seat Purchase: A Field Study
… Children who are too large for child safety seats (a child restraint system for children from birth to 4 years old) are often restrained improperly or not at all. These children should be restrained in a booster seat which is a type of child safety seat designed for children who have out …
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Driver Response to Dynamic Message Sign Safety Campaign Messages
… about distracted driving and driving without a seat belt, messages that are intended to produce a negative emotional response, and messages with statistics are the behaviors, emotions, and themes that are most likely to be perceived to change driver behavior. Messages about distracted driving …
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The Crash Injury Risk to Rear Seated Passenger Vehicle Occupants
Historically, rear seat occupants have been at a lower risk of serious injury and fatality in motor vehicle crashes than their front seat counterparts. However, many passive safety advancements that have occurred over the past few decades such as advanced airbag and seatbelt technology primarily …
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Web-Based Assessment and Brief Motivational Intervention to Increase Safety-Belt Use on a University Campus
While safety-belt use markedly reduces morbidity and mortality, many young adults in the U.S. do not buckle-up 100% of the time. Following a series of community-level interventions on a university campus, this dissertation project focused on promoting individual-level safety-belt use. More …
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Epidemiology and economic impact of road traffic accidents in the United Arab Emirates
… RTA injury severity before and after enforcing seatbelt legislation. The results of part one provide the basis to evaluate the economic impact of the problem during 1995 and to estimate the rational investment levels for improving safety and health, in part two. The Human Capital (HC) approach …
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Serious and Fatal Injury Risk in Road Departure Crashes with Guardrail
… end terminals. The findings control for driver seat belt use, rollover occurrence, terminal orientation (leading/trailing), control-loss and the number of impact events. Rollover and non-use of seatbelts were observed to carry much larger increases in risk than end terminal type. For cars, …
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