Process Overview of the High-Visibility Enforcement Programs Targeting Handheld Device Users in California and Delaware

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the California Office of Traffic Safety, and the Delaware Highway Safety Office demonstrated State high-visibility enforcement (HVE) programs to reduce handheld phone use while driving. HVE was conducted statewide in Delaware and across the Sacramento Valley region of California. Local law enforcement officers conducted three HVE waves between November 2012 and June 2013. Paid advertisements and news coverage supported the enforcement efforts. Messages conveyed the slogan, Phone in One Hand, Ticket in the Other. The information in this process report includes: (1) how to plan and implement a regional/statewide HVE program that targets phone use while driving; (2) distracted driving enforcement practices; and (3) lessons learned from the California and Delaware distracted driving demonstration programs.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/nti/pdf/812109_ProcessOverviewDistractedDriving_CA-DE.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Preusser Research Group, Incorporated

  7100 Main Street
  Trumbull, CT  United States  06611

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  Office of Impaired Driving and Occupant Protection, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2015-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 27p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cellular telephones; Distraction; Implementation; Safety campaigns; Traffic law enforcement
• Geographic Terms: California; Delaware
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01555765
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT HS 812 109
• Contract Numbers: DTNH22-09-D-00133
• Files: HSL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 2 2015 10:17AM