Road safety legislation in the Americas Legislación sobre seguridad vial en las Américas

• Main Authors: Martha Híjar, Ricardo Pérez-Núñez, Cristina Inclán-Valadez, Eugênia Maria Silveira-Rodrigues
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Pan American Health Organization 2012
• Subjects: Legislación como asunto; accidentes de tránsito; cinturones de seguridad; sistemas de sujeción infantil; dispositivos de protección de la cabeza; Américas; Legislation as topic; accidents; traffic; seat belts; child restraint systems; head protective devices; Americas; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Cabeza; Hora
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/fc4c4a91b67e440ab9c8d6a6a5dd9289

Legislating five of the main risk factors for road traffic injuries (RTIs), as much as enforcing the law, is essential in forging an integral culture of road safety. Analysis of the level of progression in law enforcement allows for an evaluation of the state of world regions. A secondary analysis o...