Prompting patron safety belt use at a restaurant

A reversal (ABABAB) design was used to assess the effects of a verbal promp t on safety belt use of restaurant patrons. A verbal prompt delivered by em ployees at the exit door resulted in an average increase of 20% in safety b elt use by drivers leaving the restaurant. A previous study provided this t ype of antecedent immediately before supermarket patrons entered their vehi cles. This effort demonstrates the effects of a verbal prompt with greater latency between the prompt and target response.