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Appendix E - Overview of NHTSA Passenger Car Campaign
Pages 47-52

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... Certainly, the Highway Safety Act of 1966 was a major milestone for all traffic safety programs as it created the National Highway Safety Bureau, which later became the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and it provided for funding to be managed both by NHTSA and the newly created State Offices of Highway Safety (OHS)
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From page 48...
... Most of these new SBU laws were secondary enforcement laws, as opposed to primary enforcement laws which allow a police officer to stop and/or ticket a driver for an observed violation of the SBU law. This legislative "compromise" made such laws harder to enforce and diminished their impact to some extent, compared with the impact of SBU laws in Australia and Europe.
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From page 49...
... At this time, it was also clear that usage in the States with SBU laws (both primary and secondary) were not as high as the level achieved in foreign nations, particularly in Canadian provinces where highly visible enforcement efforts had resulted in much higher usage rates, some approaching 90 percent (e.g., see Lonero and Pierce, 1981 and Dussault, 1990)
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From page 50...
... 1990–1992 Highly Visible Enforcement 53% to 62% State Survey (Vince and Larry Campaign) Aggregate 1992–1996 Modest increase in Primary Laws relatively flat State Surveys Modest STEP activity NOPUS (Vince and Larry Campaign)
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From page 51...
... Background paper for Safety Belts, Air Bags, and Passenger Safety: A Call to Action Conference, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Washington, D.C., January 16–17, 1996.
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From page 52...
... 808-884, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C., 1999. Special Report 278, Buckling Up: Technologies to Increase Seat Belt Use.
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