LEGISLATION FOR INCREASED HIGHWAY SAFETY

The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 authorized positive action on the problem of highway safety. The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act and the Highway Safety Act, both passed in 1966, gave highway safety national priority. The Highway Safety Act includes 18 safety standards that, if fulfilled, will increase the effectiveness of the total highway transportation system. Other federal legislation, including title II of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 (known as the Highway Safety Act of 1973), is discussed. Among the goals of these pieces of safety legislation are to standardize and simplify operation of the system, which in turn will increase its utility.

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/sr/sr153/153-024.pdf
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/0360859X
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the 7th Summer Mtg. of TRB in cooperation with Florida DOT, Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 5-7, 1974. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board (TRB)

  Washington, DC   
• Authors:
  • Goodwin, W A
  • Phillips Jr, J B
• Conference:
  • 7th Summer Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Jacksonville Florida, United States
  • Date: 1974-8-5 to 1974-8-7
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 223-228
• Monograph Title: Better use of existing transportation facilities
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 153
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway safety; Laws; Measures of effectiveness; Safety; Standards
• Identifier Terms: Federal Aid Highway Act; Highway Safety act
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00099514
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 5 1975 12:00AM