Case Studies Suggest Practical Ways to Increase the Visibility of High-Visibility Enforcement Programs

High-visibility enforcement (HVE) models are an effective strategy to reduce impaired driving. They work by increasing drivers’ perceived risk of being stopped and arrested by law enforcement if they choose to drive while impaired by alcohol or drugs. Two common enforcement strategies are sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) gathered information from HVE programs currently operating in the United States and documented six case studies that demonstrate different strategies. There are three counties (Anoka County, Minnesota; Charles County, Maryland; and Pasco County, Florida), one city (Escondido, California), one region of a State (Southeast Wisconsin), and one multiple-jurisdiction program (Delaware, Kentucky, North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia). Each case study describes the HVE program’s history, enforcement strategies, visibility elements, operation, resources, use of media, educational components, funding, support from political leaders and the community, barriers encountered, strengths of the program, and statistics (such as number of checkpoints, number of officers per saturation patrol, impaired-driving crashes, arrests, or convictions before and after the program began), as available.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/nti/pdf/811826.pdf
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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/2028
• Publication Date: 2013-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: 2p
• Serial:
  • Traffic Tech - Technology Transfer Series
  • Publisher: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Drugged drivers; Drunk driving; Highway safety; Police patrol; Sobriety checkpoints; Traffic law enforcement
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01500406
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT HS 811 826
• Files: HSL, NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 3 2013 9:10AM