Traffic law violations were causative factors in about 90 percent of all motor vehicle crashes. Primary responsibility for deterring traffic law violations and for apprehending violators of these laws rest with State, county and municipal police agencies. Police traffic services address both impact and systems support problems. The principal impact targets of selective enforcement focus on the speeding and drinking drivers, as well as drivers committing other unsafe (unlawful) driving acts. Foremost among effective police traffic services efforts are Selective Traffic Enforcement Programs (STEPs) which consist of enforcement which is proportional to traffic accidents with respect to time and place with heaviest emphasis on accident causative violations. STEPs are directed toward one of three classes of unlawful driving behaviors; speeding, driving under the influence, and other unsafe driving acts; after the behavior and its chronological characteristics have been identified through an examination of accident data.
Effectiveness and Efficiencies in Police Traffic Services Programs
1982
66 pages
Report
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English