@article{ref1,
title="Evaluation of the Reading, PA nighttime safety belt enforcement campaign: September 2004",
journal="Journal of safety research",
year="2005",
author="Chaudhary, Neil K. and Alonge, Mark and Preusser, David F.",
volume="36",
number="4",
pages="321-326",
abstract="PROBLEM: Safety belt use rates among front seat occupants of passenger vehicles are substantially lower at night than during the day despite the fact that night driving is more dangerous. METHOD: Recent advances in night vision equipment now make it possible to enforce belt use laws in darkness. Reading, Pennsylvania conducted a night belt use publicity and enforcement campaign during September 2004 using night vision equipment. RESULTS: Front seat occupant belt use at night increased significantly from 50% prior to the campaign to 56% just after the campaign. Daylight belt use also increased though to a lesser extent (56% to 59%). Survey data indicated that motorists had heard about the campaign in newspapers and on television. Belt use increases were not seen during the same time period in a comparison community.",
language="en",
issn="0022-4375",
doi="10.1016/j.jsr.2005.06.009",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2005.06.009"
}