A seatbelt observation study in Massachusetts found that, not
surprisingly, male drivers wear
seatbelts less often than women do. The study also noted that men’s
belt-wearing jumped more than
16 percentage points when they had a female passenger. Seatbelt use
was recorded at 161 locations
in Massachusetts, using random-sampling methods developed by the
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA). Of 4208 male drivers with female
passengers, 2777 were belted.
But among 2763 male drivers with male passengers only, 1363 wore...