Title

Police officers seat belt use while on duty

Authors

Authors

T. Oron-Gilad; J. L. Szalma; S. C. Stafford;P. A. Hancock

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Transp. Res. Pt. F-Traffic Psychol. Behav.

Keywords

seat belt use; police officers; Psychology, Applied; Transportation

Abstract

Typical seatbelt designs can interfere with police officers' operational work by lengthening their response time in threatening situations. Therefore, in certain operational circumstances there is a direct conflict between operational safety (effective response to threat) and driving safety (seatbelt use). To evaluate this potential conflict, 341 police officers from the southeastern US completed a questionnaire that included work related and non-work related seatbelt usage information. Factor analysis revealed five influential and significant factors; (1) travel context, (2) crime context, (3) confidence in seatbelt design, (4) speed and distance of travel, and (5) seatbelt ergonomics. These results confirm that seatbelts themselves in police cruisers currently represent a real safety concern of police officers in high threat circumstances. (c) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Journal Title

Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volume

8

Issue/Number

1

Publication Date

1-1-2005

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

1

Last Page

18

WOS Identifier

WOS:000227864700001

ISSN

1369-8478

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