Unconscious Motivator and Situational Safety Belts Use (Report)

This report contains the results of a literature review and expert panel meeting that explored whether unconscious defense mechanisms can be overcome to encourage the full time use of safety belts.  The first phase of the study was a review of the theoretical literature on anxiety, risk perceptions, and fatalism in response to safety threats.  In the second phase, a group of eight experts in various fields met to discuss these issues and to make recommendations to overcome these unconscious barriers.