AN EVALUATION OF NON-SANCTION COMMUNITY SEAT BELT LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS

This report describes a demonstration program carried out for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in the category entitled, "Demonstration of Alternate Strategies for Implementing Community-Level Occupant Protection Law Enforcement Programs." The overall project duration, including the evaluation of the strategies, was 29 months (September 29, 1988 through February 28, 1991). Police departments in two different sized communities in the western Piedmont region of North Carolina Planned and implemented belt promotion programs during a one-year grant period (October 1, 1989 through September 30, 1990). The duration of the actual promotions was seven months.