Multiple System Atrophy. NORD gratefully acknowledges Niall P. Quinn, MD, Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK, for assistance in the preparation of this report.
In New York, where seat belt use became mandatory January 1, 1985, seat belt use rates increased from 16% before the law to 57% 4 months after the law; fatalities decreased 19%, despite a modest increase in mileage driven (4).
Front seatbelts were mandatory in all cars sold in Australia after January 1, 1969. Belts had been manufactured in Australia since the late 1950s and by 1963-64 the annual volume was more than 300,000, increasing to a million over the next half decade.