REVOLUTIONARY CHANGES NEEDED IN TRAFFIC LAW ENFORCEMENT

THE ANNUAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENT TOLL IN TERMS OF LIVES LOST, INJURIES, AND COSTS IN MONEY IS CITED AS PROOF THAT PRESENT TRAFFIC CONTROL METHODS ARE WOEFULLY INADEQUATE. PROBLEMS STEMMING FROM THE CURRENT APPROACH ARE DUE TO THE NECESSITY OF HANDLING MINOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS UNDER CRIMINAL PROCEDURES, THE USE OF LICENSE SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION AS A PENALTY, AND INCONSISTENCIES IN FINES LEVIED FOR MINOR TRAFFIC OFFENSES. SUGGESTIONS INCLUDE DISPLAY OF DRIVER'S LICENSES ON OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, CLASSIFICATION OF MINOR TRAFFIC OFFENSES AS CIVIL MISUSE OF HIGHWAYS, USE OF MODERN TRAFFIC VIOLATION DETECTION DEVICES THAT INCLUDE CAMERAS TO PROVIDE PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF THE TRAFFIC INFRACTION, IMPROVED TRAFFIC CITATION FORMS FED TO A STATEWIDE COMPUTER SYSTEM AND DISCONTINUANCE OF TRAFFIC COURT HEARINGS FOR MINOR INFRACTIONS. /HSL/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 70, No 7, PP 16-17
• Authors:
  • Traux, L H
• Publication Date: 1970-7

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Traffic Safety (Chicago)
  • Publisher: National Safety Council
  • ISSN: 0041-0721

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computers; Economic impacts; Photographs; Traffic citations; Traffic courts; Traffic crashes; Traffic law enforcement
• Uncontrolled Terms: Violations
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221462
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 22 1971 12:00AM