DO YOU KNOW THAT ON THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE, THE ACCIDENT RATE HAS BEEN CUT BY 15% AND THE FATALITY RATE BY 43% BY PROHIBITING OBVIOUSLY UNSAFE VEHICLES FROM ENTERING THE ROAD?

DURING A 60-WEEK PERIOD, 11,056 VEHICLES WERE TURNED AWAY, MOSTLY BECAUSE THEY BORE RED STICKERS INDICATING THEY HAD FAILED TO PASS STATE SAFETY INSPECTION. ALSO, WIDESPREAD PUBLICITY OF THE BAN LED TO A CONSTANTLY DECLINING NUMBER OF DANGEROUS VEHICLES ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE TURNPIKE, REPORTS TURNPIKE TRAFFIC ENGINEER PAUL M. WECKESSER. /ASCE/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 38, No 10, P 25
• Publication Date: 1968-10

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Civil Engineering
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0885-7024
  • Serial URL: http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/newce/html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Fatalities; Highway safety; Inspection; Motor vehicles; Prevention; Safety; Toll roads; Traffic crashes; Vehicle safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Vehicular safety
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220397
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 4 1994 12:00AM