Seat Belt Gauge

Goal:	Seat Belt Gauge is an activity to gauge your peers’ seat belt behavior by asking questions and sparking discussion about the choices of peers in the car to buck up or not. These questions can be used in various formats, for example, a paper or online survey, a round table discussion, an interactive bulletin board, or an outreach tabling event.
Estimated Planning Hours:	1 hour
Estimated Activity Hours:	1 or more hour(s)
Otureach or Audience:	Anytime
Activity Reward:	$0

Compile the following questions and discuss the responses with safety facts.

Do you buckle your seat belt every ride, every time?
Do you buckle your seat belt as a backseat passenger?
How do you wear your seat belt? (Ask them to show you how they wear it or display a picture of different ways people wear it)
Did you buckle up on your last ride in the car?
In what instance would you maybe not buckle up? Why?
- Driving to school a short distance
- Riding in the back seat
- Crammed a lot of people in a car

Lessons Learned:

Your goal is to gauge people’s seat belt behavior by hearing why they chose to buckle up or not.
These questions, if taken seriously, will get your peers to think deeper about what drives them to ride safely in a vehicle, whether it’s travel distance, car type, peer pressure, or impairment.
Remember to empathize and not criticize.
Remember that everyone’s experience is unique, and everyone’s upbringing is different.

Tips:

Create an interactive board where people can answer your questions. For example, use a gauge where people can move the needle to answer how often they buckle their seat belt (never, sometimes, always).
Host a small round table discussion about seat belt safety by preparing safety talking points, but also listening to other people’s experiences. Let people know there is no judgment regarding answers.
Put the survey questions into an online form to collect data and understand peers’ behavior.

There are NO REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

You may submit an activity form if you’d like to tell us what you’re up to so we can post pictures on social media.

If you do report the activity, please include:

A summary of the event
Number of volunteers supporting the activity
A sign-in sheet of volunteer names with date, start time, and end time (TX schools only)
A sign-in sheet of volunteer names from planning meetings (TX schools only)

Photo(s) conducting the activity