Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Safety Belt Usage (2005) / Chapter Skim
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6.2 Principal Interview Results
6.2 Principal Interview Results
Pages 22-24
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When participants were further probed as to why they chose to wear safety belts, a staunch user of safety belts stated that he wanted to avoid tickets from law enforcement. A driver who wore his belt only 20% of the time reported that when he did wear his belt, it was when he noticed that those who were driving cars near him were operating their vehicles in an unsafe manner.
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Company A employee answers to "why you choose or don't choose to wear a safety belt" included the following: • Company policy • Termination of employment for non-compliance • Protection from bad drivers • Possibility of being maimed and permanently disabled more of an incentive than death The only reason for not wearing a safety belt seemed to be forgetting. The Company A drivers indicated that they did not feel that wearing safety belts infringed on their personal freedom but that they had heard that from other drivers.
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There were several answers to the question of incentives to use safety belts among CMV drivers, but most efforts or potential efforts discussed were, in fact, instances of negative reinforcement. One participant remarked that maintaining a clean record, and thus retaining reasonable insurance rates, was incentive enough.
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