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American Journal of Public Health, Vol 91, Issue 2 311-313, Copyright © 2001 by American Public Health Association

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Where children sit in cars: the impact of Rhode Island's new legislation

M Segui-Gomez, E Wittenberg, R Glass, S Levenson, R Hingson and JD Graham
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass, USA. mseguigo@jhsph.edu

OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated the impact of Rhode Island's legislation requiring children younger than 6 years to sit in the rear of motor vehicles. METHODS: Roadside observations were conducted in Rhode Island and Massachusetts in 1997 and 1998. Multivariate regression was used to evaluate the proportion of vehicles carrying a child in the front seat. RESULTS: Data were collected on 3226 vehicles carrying at least 1 child. In 1998, Rhode Island vehicles were less likely to have a child in the front seat than in 1997 (odds ratio = 0.6; 95% confidence interval = 0.5, 0.7), whereas no significant changes in child passenger seating behavior occurred in Massachusetts during that period. CONCLUSIONS: Rhode Island's legislation seems to have promoted safer child passenger seating behavior.


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