1: The Motor Vehicle and Traffic Safety Mandate -- Fatalities in Traffic Accidents—Trends and Incidence -- Early Congressional Hearings on Traffic Safety -- The Traffic Safety Acts of 1966 -- Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards -- Standards for Highway Safety Programs -- Other Safety...

Using data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System for the period 1983-1997, Cohen and Einav (Review of Economics and Statistics 2003; 85(4): 828-843) found that mandatory seatbelt laws were associated with a 4 to 6 percent reduction in traffic fatalities among motor vehicle occupants. After...