A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF WRONG-WAY DRIVING IN TEXAS

A QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED OF STATE AND LOCAL HIGHWAY ENGINEERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL IN AN ATTEMPT TO QUALITATIVELY DETERMINE THE NATURE OF WRONG- WAY DRIVING. IN GENERAL, THESE OFFICIALS CONSIDERED THE GREATEST PROBLEM WITH RESPECT TO WRONG-WAY DRIVING TO BE THAT OF THE DRINKING, DRUNK OR DRUGGED DRIVER. THEY ALSO SUGGESTED THAT WRONG-WAY DRIVING SHOULD BE CONFRONTED THROUGH ENGINEERING, ENFORCEMENT, AND EDUCATION, AND THAT BETTER APPROACHES AND TECHNIQUES FOR REDUCING IT WERE DESIRED. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Texas State Department of Highways & Public Transp

  11th and Brazos Streets
  Austin, TX  United States  78701
• Authors:
  • Messer, C J
  • Friebele, J D
  • Dudek, C L
• Publication Date: 1971-5

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Tables;
• Pagination: 16 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driving; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Qualitative analysis; Questionnaires; Wrong way driving
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224997
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: RES RPT. 139-6
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 31 1972 12:00AM