News - Local
Survey Shows LA Back Seat Passengers Are Buckling Up
Posted: Sep 7, 2010 3:43 PM by Melissa Canone
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - One year after a new law required back
seat passengers to buckle up, a new survey says 58 percent are
heeding the requirement and using their seat belts.
The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission released the survey
Tuesday. It was the first such review since the 2009 law took
effect.
The head of the commission, John LeBlanc, says that compliance
rate is good considering the law is fairly new. Before the 2009
law, a survey showed only 27 percent of back seat passengers used
their seat belts.
Meanwhile, the review says 76 percent of drivers and front seat
passengers are buckling up.
The study by Applied Technology Research Corp. of Baton Rouge
showed the rates were highest with drivers and front seat
passengers in vans and sport utility vehicles. The most reluctant
were drivers and passengers of pickup trucks.
KATC.com is Social!
KATC Videos
Comments