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Citation

Cox BS, Cox AB, Cox DJ. J. Appl. Behav. Anal. 2000; 33(4): 635-638.

Affiliation

University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22908, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Wiley-Blackwell)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11214040

PMCID

PMC1284288

Abstract

Senior drivers are vulnerable to automobile crashes and subsequent injury and death. Safety belts reduce health risks associated with auto crashes. Therefore, it is important to encourage senior drivers to wear safety belts while driving. Using an AB design, replicated five times, we evaluated the short- and long-term effects of a sign with the message "BUCKLE UP, STAY SAFE" attached to a stop sign at the exits of five different senior communities. Safety belt use was stable during two pretreatment assessments averaged across the five sites and 250 drivers (72% and 68% usage), but significantly increased following installation of these signs (94% usage). Six months after installation of the signs, the effect persisted (88% usage). Use of such signs may be a cost-effective way of promoting safety belt use.

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