THE CONNECTICUT CRACKDOWN ON SPEEDING: TIME-SERIES DATA IN QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS

IN LATE 1955, CONNECTICUT BEGAN A POLICY OF MANDATORY DRIVER LICENSE SUSPENSION FOR THIRTY DAYS FOR A FIRST SPEEDING OFFENSE, 60 DAYS SUSPENSION FOR SECOND OFFENSE, AND INDEFINITE SUSPENSION FOR A THIRD OFFENSE. IN SIX MONTHS MORE THAN 5,000 DRIVERS HAD THEIR LICENSES SUSPENDED AND TRAFFIC FATALITIES HAD DECLINED 15%. FATALATIES BEGAN TO RISE AGAIN, HOWEVER, ABOUT TO THE PREVIOUS LEVEL. THE VALIDITY OF THE RESULTS CLAIMED FOR THE SPEEDING CRACKDOWN IS EXAMINED. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT THE CRACKDOWN WAS A SUBSTANTIAL ENFORCEMENT EFFORT, SOMEWHAT MITIGATED IN PRACTICE BY COURTS AND POLICE, BUT THAT IT EMPHASIZED ONLY ONE FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT PROBLEM. /HSL/

  • Supplemental Notes:
    • Vol 3, No 1, PP 33-53
  • Corporate Authors:

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    ,   United States 
  • Authors:
    • Campbell, D T
    • Ross, H L
  • Publication Date: 1968-8

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  • Accession Number: 00220686
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Apr 16 2003 12:00AM