Evaluation of Louisiana's Safety Belt Law Change to Primary Enforcement (Report)

Laws that permit belt use enforcement only after a stop for another violation are termed secondary enforcement laws; laws that permit enforcement of belt use violations alone are termed primary enforcement laws.  On November 1, 1995, Louisiana became the second state to implement an uninterrupted change from secondary to primary belt law enforcement.  The present results, combined with results obtained earlier in California, suggest that a secondary enforcement state can achieve a substantial increase in belt use by changing to primary enforcement.  Black and white, 8.5" x 11", 45 pages.