Strategies to Improve State Traffic Citation and Adjudication Outcomes (BTS-04)
The objective of this research is to develop a methodology that enables and facilitates tracking of traffic court cases from citation or arrest to final disposition.
The objective of this research is to develop a methodology that enables and facilitates tracking of traffic court cases from citation or arrest to final disposition.
This research reviewed distracted driving laws, enforcement and public education practices across the United States and Canada to develop a library of resources and best practices that states and other stakeholders can use to enact or revise their laws and enhance enforcement and education efforts.
The objective of this research was to document the components of existing U.S. and international employer-based behavioral traffic safety programs.
This project focuses on risk communications for seat belt safety, consisting of a literature review of theories of behavior change and communications theory and their relevance to vehicle occupant protection as well as review and catalog existing messages.
This project included a scan of publicly available SHSO social media channels and a series of interviews with NHTSA Regional Offices and a sample of nine SHSOs.
This project examined existing risk communication strategies for impaired and distracted driving, reviewed messages and materials, theories and models of behavior change, risk communication, and communication theory and how these are relevant to impaired and distracted driving.
Through a focus group of motorcycle riders, the report finds that while most participants did not regularly wear such gear, those who did reported doing so after having been in a crash with a motor vehicle, or personally knowing another rider who had been in such a crash.
This project develops criteria for performance standards, identifies approaches, identifies factors to assess performance, develops statistical models, determines the optimal model and develops it into a tool for application, and tests the tool in various locations.
This synthesis of existing research examined data across 80 studies on the relationship between HVE efforts and safety outcomes, with a focus on not buckling up, speeding, and drunk, distracted and aggressive driving.
This project explores opportunities to increase police participation in high-visibility enforcement (HVE) efforts through innovative strategies that address specific challenges.