Citation

Malenfant JEL, Van Houten R. J. Appl. Behav. Anal. 1988; 21(3): 271-276.

Affiliation

Université de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Wiley-Blackwell)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3198547

PMCID

PMC1286123

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of police enforcement and the use of signs and posters in promoting seat belt use by nighttime tavern patrons. Ten taverns in two cities served as sites. Data were collected on the nighttime seat belt use of tavern patrons and daytime citywide seat belt use. Results indicated that the intervention increased nighttime seat belt use by tavern patrons. Daytime seat belt use increased in one city and remained at a high level in the other following the intervention. Because previous research has shown that tavern patrons are overrepresented in the impaired driving population, and that seat belt use decreases the likelihood of serious injury or death, results of this study suggest that enforcement of seat belt use could reduce casualties resulting from impaired driving.