Citation

Davis RM. Am. J. Public Health 1989; 79(3): 330-331.

Affiliation

Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control, Rockville, MD 20857.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, American Public Health Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2916721

PMCID

PMC1349559

Abstract

The accessibility of seat belts was determined in a total sample of 200 taxicabs waiting to pick up passengers at eight city airports. A rear seat belt was "accessible" (able to be fastened within 10 seconds) in 111 (55.5 per cent) taxicabs. The proportion varied by city from 16.0 per cent (New York City) to 96.0 per cent (Minneapolis-St. Paul) and was higher for taxicabs in cities covered by mandatory state seat belt legislation.