OPERATION 101 - RESULTS OF VIOLATION SURVEYS
THE RESULTS OF VIOLATION SURVEYS TO TEST INCREASED ENFORCEMENT ARE AS FOLLOWS: (1) LIGHTING, REGISTRATION OR EQUIPMENT, AND DRIVER VIOLATIONS MADE UP 55%, 11% AND 34% RESPECTIVELY OF THE TOTAL OBSERVED VIOLATIONS FOR THE FOUR SURVEYS COMBINED. (2) NOT INCLUDING SPEED, A TOTAL OF 6,679 VIOLATIONS WERE RECORDED DURING THE 224 HOURS OF SURVEY OPERATION (AN AVERAGE OF 29.8 PER SURVEY HOUR); THE ACTUAL HOURLY RATES VARIED FROM 2 TO A HIGH OF 108. (3) A TOTAL OF 287,460 VEHICLES WERE COUNTED DURING THE FOUR SURVEYS; 198,770 DURING DAYLIGHT, AND 88,690 DURING DARKNESS. (4) THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EFFECT OF EXTRA ENFORCEMENT WAS ON OBSERVED DRIVER VIOLATIONS; THE 1964 RATES WERE ABOUT ONE-HALF OF THE 1963 RATE. (5) REGISTRATION, LICENSE, EQUIPMENT, TECHNICAL VIOLATIONS AND THOSE OF DEFECTIVE VEHICLE LIGHTING WERE RANDOM IN OCCURENCE. (6) THE NUMBER OF SPEEDING VIOLATIONS WAS LOWER IN EACH 1964 SURVEY. (7) DEEP GULCH - THE ONLY SITE WHICH OPERATED FOR A FULL 24 HOURS DURING EACH SURVEY - PROVIDES SOME IDEA AS TO THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS PER DAY. OBSERVATION SIGHT DISTANCE WAS LESS THAN ONE MILE; TOTAL OBSERVED VIOLATIONS RANGED FROM 534 TO 829 VIOLATIONS PER 24 HOURS SURVEYED. /AUTHOR/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Final Rpt, 34 PP, 8 FIG, 6 TAB, 2 APP
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Corporate Authors:
Calfornia Highway Patrol
P.O. Box 942898
Sacramento, CA United States 94298-0001 - Publication Date: 1969-11
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Data collection; Drivers; Driving; Laws; Licenses; Registrations; Speed; Surveys; Traffic citations; Traffic law enforcement; Traffic regulations; Vehicle lighting
- Uncontrolled Terms: Speed laws; Traffic laws; Violations
- Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00220736
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Mar 15 1971 12:00AM