Some states have a traffic law requiring passengers under the age of 18 to wear a seatbelt. Which statement is correct about the traffic law?
It is a scientific law.
It is a societal law.
It will always remain the same.
It describes a natural process
Answers
Answer:
B
Explanation:
It's that sure you can have it
Explanation:
Primary enforcement [of seat] belt use laws permit seat belt use law violators to be stopped and cited independently of any other traffic behavior. Secondary enforcement laws allow violators to be cited only after they first have been stopped for some other traffic violation. (UNC Highway Safety Research Center, 2011, p. 2-13)
History
All new passenger cars had some form of seat belts beginning in 1964, shoulder belts in 1968, and integrated lap and shoulder belts in 1974 ([Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety (ACTS)], 2001). Few occupants wore the belts: surveys in various locations recorded belt use of about 10 percent. The first widespread survey, taken in 19 cities in 1982, observed 11 percent belt use for drivers and front-seat passengers ([Williams and Wells, 2004]). (UNC Highway Safety Research Center, 2011, p. 2-4)
“New York enacted the first belt use law in 1984. Other States soon followed. In a typical State, belt use rose quickly to about 50 percent shortly after the State’s belt law went into effect” (UNC Highway Safety Research Center, 2011, p. 2-4). By 1996, every state, with the exception of New Hampshire, had a mandatory seat belt use law covering drivers and front-seat occupants.