THE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD'S 403 PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN "HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION: CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, (DECEMBER 1979)." (RESPONSE OF NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION) REPORT TO THE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
The formal position of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is presented on each substantive recommendation in the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Conference report of December 1979. After a discussion of the 403 5-year program accomplishments, and a general presentation of NHTSA's view of TRB's recommendations, consideration is given to the "Process" recommendations, including the 403 mission, fundamental research and discovery, data needs, objectivity of NHTSA research, improving technology transfer, demonstrations and other knowledge transfer methods, two-way communication, mechanisms for gathering input, and interagency cooperation. "Subject Area" recommendations cover driver licensing, motor vehicle registration, titling and anti-theft, national driver register, alcohol and drugs, emergency medical services, state traffic records, the National Center for Statistics and Analysis, occupant restraints, state program management, fifty-five miles per hour speed limit noncompliance and other unsafe driving actions, traffic law adjudication, police traffic services, pedestrian/bicycle/pupil transportation, young drivers, motorcycle/moped safety, and basic driver behavior research.
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Corporate Authors:
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 - Publication Date: 1980
Media Info
- Pagination: 56 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Highway safety; Recommendations; Research
- Subject Areas: Research; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00368392
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Report/Paper Numbers: HS-805 688
- Files: HSL, USDOT
- Created Date: Nov 30 1982 12:00AM