A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO THE ANALYSIS OF THE DRINKING DRIVER CONTROL SYSTEM - VOLUME 1 (SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS)
WHILE DIFFUSE AND ILL-ORGANIZED THE SOCIAL PROCESS AIMED AT CONTROLLING THE DRINKING DRIVER IS AMENABLE TO ANALYSIS AND IMPROVEMENT BY THE TECHNIQUES OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING. THESE TECHNIQUES SUGGEST THAT THE DRINKING DRIVER CONTROL SYSTEM CONSISTS OF FIVE TOP- LEVEL FUNCTIONS: LEGISLATION, ENFORCEMENT, ADJUDICATION, SANCTIONS, AND TREATMENT. MEASUREMENT OF THE PRESENT PERFORMANCE OF THESE FUNCTIONS SHOWS THAT THE SYSTEM IS LESS EFFECTIVE THAN IT COULD BE, MAINLY BECAUSE THE SEPARATE FUNCTIONS LACK COMMON, CLEAR OBJECTIVES AND PURPOSEFUL, COORDINATED MANAGEMENT. THESE CONCLUSIONS STEM FROM ANALYSIS OF QUANTITIATIVE AND DESCRIPTIVE DATA CONCERNING FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA., AND INDIANAPOLIS, IND. BY STANDARDIZED PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING SYSTEM OBJECTIVES, AND BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNIVERSALLY APPLICABLE MEASURES OF EFFECTIVENESS, THE POINTS OF SYSTEM "FAILURE" CAN BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED, MANY IN QUANTITATIVE TERMS. THE PRESENT SYSTEM CAN THEN BE ENGINEERED SO AS TO INCREASE ITS EFFICIENCY ON THE BASIS OF HIGH-RISK IDENTIFICATION AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS. MARKED IMPROVEMENT WOULD OCCUR WITH THE INSTITUTION OF MANAGEMENT CONTROL AND INFORMATION-FLOW SYSTEMS AND WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRECISE OBJECTIVES. /AUTHOR/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Rept No Fh-11-7270-71-6, 100 PP, 8 FIG, 11 TAB
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Corporate Authors:
Institute for Research
257 South Pugh Street
State College, PA United States 16801 -
Authors:
- JOSCELYN, K B
- Jones, R K
- Publication Date: 1971-5-1
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Alcoholism; Behavior; Benefit cost analysis; Control; Crash rates; Drivers; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Laws; Measures of effectiveness; Systems analysis
- Uncontrolled Terms: Enforcement
- Old TRIS Terms: Driver psychology
- Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00223596
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Nov 1 1971 12:00AM