Driving privilege suspension and revocation are know to improve traffic safety, but research suggest the majority of suspended or revoked (SR) drivers continue to drive while they are SR. These drivers are about three times more likely to be involved in crashes and to cause a fatal crash. In most U.S. States, drivers arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs (DUI) are Subject to Immediate Driver License (DL) card confiscation by law enforcement. Drivers SR for other reasons are typically mailed notices directing them to surrender their DL cards to the licensing agency, yet they frequently do not comply.At DUI checkpoints in California, and many other U.S. states, law enforcement officers briefly inspect Drivers' DL cards and check for signs of intoxication. Hence, such checkpoints are deemed DUI/License status checkpoint. Previous research found that about 41% of SR drivers contacted at such checkpoints avoided detection for SR driving because they illegally retained possession of their DL cards. In this stud, DL card readers with the capacity to identify and alter officers to drivers with SR statuses were used at the checkpoints The purpose was to evaluate the utility of implementing this type of technology on a broader scale. Method. Checkpoint police officers used DL Card reader that contained lists of SR drivers that would alert if a card scanned that matched a DL number on the list. Data for 13,530 drivers were recorded, Subsequently, license statues of contacted drivers were verified and compared to checkpoint citation records. Results. About 3% (n=384) of drivers contacted at the checkpoints sere SR. Seventy-one percent of them ware detected ad cited for driving while SR. there were no difference in detection rate as a function of the suspension/revocation reason. significant differences were found in detection rate as a function of whether drivers' DL numbers were on the SR list. Conclusion. SR drivers' ability to pass undetected through DUI/license checkpoints weakens both the specific and general SR driving deterrence of checkpoints, and may diminish the effectiveness of suspension and revocation for reducing the crash risk posed by problem drivers. These findings show that despite technical imitation,s a list-based DL card reader can improve the detection rate of SR drivers by law enforcement. Future studies that evaluate scanning technologies capable of real-time license validity verification are warranted.


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    Titel :

    Evaluation of Law enforcement Use of Driver License Card Readers to Improve Detection of Suspended and Revoked Drivers at DUI/License Checkpoints


    Beteiligte:
    K. E. Parrish (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2014


    Format / Umfang :

    37 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch