Although some states are reluctant to adopt such legislation because of concerns about imposing requirements on the public, a recent national telephone survey found the public strongly supports a broad array of traffic safety laws. Survey questions focused on seat belt usage and issues, car seats, bicycle and motorcycle helmet usage, airbags, drinking and driving, speed, and crash experience. Eighty-four percent of the public favor laws that require both drivers and front seat passengers to wear seat belts. Most also believe that the laws should apply to passengers riding in the back seat as well. The public overwhelmingly agrees that children who are too large for car seats should be required to wear seat belts.
Most people support stiffer penalties for drinking and driving.
More than two-thirds favor the use of more sobriety checkpoints to deter impaired driving and to apprehend drivers who are impaired by alcohol. A telephone survey conducted by the Oklahoma State Department of Health in 1993 found similar results among Oklahomans. Seventy-seven percent favored mandatory seat belt usage for persons less than 16 years of age. If the train derails, the coupler coil spring could overheat creating a potential fire hazard. CPSC and MDK Inc. are not aware of any injuries involving these model trains.