Seat Belt Compliance and University Students

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Wan Noor Haida Wan Ahmad Kamal
Mohamad Ghazali Masuri
Akehsan Dahlan
Khairil Anuar Md Isa

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Driving, as an instrumental activity of daily living has a positive influence on individual health-related quality of life. A success driving performance will depends on credible drivers, optimum vehicles condition and smart road design. The successful collaboration in between human, machine and environment should encompass two ways ‘communication’. However, 95% of road traffic accident was due to human errors. The purpose of this study is to investigate the seat belt compliance and quality of life among educated young adults in an urban university. Perhaps, this findings could be used to educate young drivers in the future.

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Ahmad Kamal, W.N.H.W., Masuri, M.G., Dahlan, A. and Md Isa, K.A. 2017. Seat Belt Compliance and University Students. Asian Journal of Quality of Life. 2, 7 (Jul. 2017), 29–37. DOI:https://doi.org/10.21834/ajqol.v2i7.62.

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