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Aggressive
Driver Programs
This document provides a resource for law enforcement agencies interested
in developing an aggressive driving program. It is a summary of successful
strategies along with contact information.
Aggressive
Drivers View Traffic Differently Aggressive
Driving and the Law: A Symposium (8-20-99) An Implementation Group comprised of the Symposium Moderators has been formed
to develop a National Aggressive Driving Action Plan and to review and prioritize
the recommendations made at the Symposium. The first meeting of this Group
assembled in Washington DC on July 30, 1999. The Aggressive Driving and the
Law Symposium Summary of Proceedings, containing participants' findings and
recommendations, is available and on the NHTSA web site.
This study examined views of drivers on Washington's
Capital Beltway from 1994 to 1997 in a series of focus groups. In 1997, aggressive
driving had become one of the major concerns of motorists. The report documents
differences between groups of aggressive and general drivers. See Traffic
Tech Number 175, April 98 for a two page summary of the Focus Group Study.
In January 1999, NHTSA held a national symposium consisting of law enforcement,
prosecutors and members of the judiciary to solicit ideas for developing guidelines
for law enforcement and the judiciary for charging and sentencing, treatment
of offenders and materials to increase awareness of the issue.
Aggressive Driving: Help Get the Word Out...
Battling Aggressive Driving at the Grassroots
Dr. Ricardo Martinez's Testimony on Aggressive Drivers
Statement Of The Honorable Ricardo Martinez,
M.D. Administrator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Before
The Subcommittee On Surface Transportation Committee On Transportation And
Infrastructure U.S. House Of Representatives July 17, 1997.
Driver’s Guide to Coping With Congestion
Guidelines for Developing a Municipal Speed Enforcement Program
This document provides step-by-step guidance to both law enforcement and civilian personnel to assist with the development of traffic safety program support committees, the implementation of municipal speed enforcement and other special traffic safety programs.
Lidar and Radar Speed Measuring Devices
Testing protocols and performance standards for police speed-measuring
devices.
Life in the Fast Lane (fastlane.pdf 91KB February, 1998) (
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Are you tired of slow drivers blocking the fast lane? Perhaps no other aspect of road travel is so laden with myth as "the fast lane." This public information flyer helps refute this myth.
Model Community Speed Control Program
National Survey of Speeding and Other Unsafe Driving Actions
NHTSA conducted a telephone survey in the spring of 1997 to learn about the public's experiences and beliefs about speeding, unsafe driving, including aggressive driving, enforcement, and other sanctions to counter these dangerous driving behaviors. A total of 6,000 interviews were completed in this nationally representative survey of drivers 16 and older.
Phone Numbers for Reporting Impaired, Aggressive, or Unsafe Driving
Restoring
Credibility to Speed Setting: Engineering, Enforcement, & Educational
Issues Speed Management Workshop Report. (03-01)
This report contains the results of the U.S. DOT Speed Management Team two
speed management workshops; the first was held in January 2000 in conjunction
with the TRB Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., and, the second held in March
2000 in Dallas, TX. The results of the workshops emphasize the need for enhanced
communication and cooperation among the engineering, enforcement, judicial,
and political partners who directly affect safety on the Nation's roads.
Speeding and Highway Safety Policy (April 1997)
The Department of Transportation's policy on highway speeds is to provide guidance to State and local governments to set speed limits that maximize the efficient and rapid transportation of people and goods while eliminating the unnecessary risk of crashes due to unsafe speeds. This policy promotes the concept that Federal, State, and local governments should have balanced programs that use the most cost-effective strategies for decreasing crash risks from speeding.
Speed Management Work Plan (April 1997)
This plan is part of the continuing commitment by NHTSA and FHWA to reduce the number of speed-related fatalities and injuries occurring on our highways.
State Speed Laws (updated January 2000)
This Summary reports ONLY the status of State statutes (or regulations) that are concerned with either speed limit or speed related violations. Local laws are not reported.
Strategies for Aggressive Driver Enforcement
Aggressive drivers create an unsafe driving environment through their inconsiderate, self-centered driving habits. Drivers often commit multiple violations, including: driving over the posted speed limit, following too closely, erratic or unsafe lane changes, improperly signaling lane changes, and failure to obey traffic control devices. Because of these driving behaviors, hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries occur each year, and contribute to the growing problems of hazardous traffic conditions and those criminal acts related to aggressive driving.
Strategies for Implementing Best Practices for Enforcement(6/00)
The purpose of this guide is to provide step-by-step assistance to law enforcement personnel to develop an aggressive driving enforcement program. A number of suggestions are provided that will help law enforcement agencies design and implement an effective aggressive driving program.
Tips -What to Do When You Encounter Aggressive Drivers (July 1997)
When confronted by an aggressive driver, what do you do? This flyer provides helpful tips on what to do when you see an aggressive driver. (Download the Aggressive Drivers Flyer in Adobe Acrobat Reader format, 589k)
Traffic Safety Facts 1999: Speed
"Traffic Safety Facts 1999: Speed," provides detailed facts
and graphs about the number of fatal crashes related to speed, the estimated
annual economic costs of speed related crashes, drivers speeding with measurable
BAC levels, use of restraints among drivers speeding that result in fatal
crashes, speed related fatalities by road type, and, increases in fuel consumption
when speeding.