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COMPULSORY SEAT BELTS: A RIGHT TO DECREE?
Author(s) -
Henderson Michael
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1970.tb63362.x
Subject(s) - notice , decree , seat belt , law , personal injury , political science , psychology , engineering , automotive engineering
The history of seat‐restraint systems as injury‐preventing devices is briefly reviewed, as are the benefits to be expected from their use. Practical and personal problems are cited which may prevent an increase in the relative number of seat‐belt wearers. The question of the imposition of a law to make wearing compulsory is discussed, and particular notice is taken of current legal and sociological issues.