Process and Outcome Evaluation 
of the 
Buckle Up America
Initiatives

II. Trends in Occupant Restraint Use and Fatalities

• THE NATIONAL PICTURE
• Occupant Restraint Use 
• Fatalities
• Child Fatalities 

III. Enforcement

• SEAT BELT ENFORCEMENT
• State Level
• Large City (population > 250,000)
• Mid and Small City
• State Police
• CHILD RESTRAINT ENFORCEMENT
• State Level
• Large City (population > 250,000)
• Mid and Small City
• State Police

IV. Legislation

• EFFORTS TO IMPROVE LEGISLATION
• Campaign Elements and Participants
• Campaign Messages
• Obstacles to Passage
• NEW PRIMARY LAWS THAT WERE PASSED
• Alabama
• Michigan
• New Jersey
• OTHER EFFORTS TO IMPROVE LEGISLATION
• Arkansas
• Colorado
• Delaware
• Florida
• Illinois
• Vermont
• Virginia

V. Partnerships and Public Information and Education

• AIR BAG AND SEAT BELT SAFETY CAMPAIGN 
• Enacting New Legislation
• Conducting Strong Enforcement
• Expanding Public Information and Education
• SUPPORT FROM AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS
• SUPPORT FROM EMPLOYERS
• SUPPORT FROM THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY
• SUPPORT FROM PROFESSIONAL SPORTS
• EXEMPLARY SUPPORT FROM LARGE CORPORATIONS
• Progressive Insurance Mounts Massive Ad Campaign
• DaimlerChrysler Establishes "Fitting Stations"

VI. Executive Order 13043

• DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
• U.S. Army, Fort Hood, Texas
• U.S. Navy, Norfolk Naval Station, Virginia
• U.S. Marines, Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina
• U.S. Air Force, Tyndall Air Force Base, Panama City, Florida
• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
• Umatilla Tribal, Pendleton, Oregon
• Oglala Sioux, Pine Ridge, South Dakota
• Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, Belcourt, North Dakota
• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
• DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

VII. Discussion

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