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

Media Info

• Serial:
  • LAW AND SOCIETY REVIEW

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver licenses; Fatalities; Law enforcement; Laws; Speed; Speed limits; Suspensions
• Uncontrolled Terms: Speed laws
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

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