CITY OF TACOMA SELECTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM (STEP)

The city of Tacoma Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) was one of several demonstration programs sponsored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The purpose of these programs was to examine various methods of selective enforcement and their relationship to accidents. The Tacoma STEP was unique in that new and somewhat controversial methods of enforcement were researched. The program was conducted as a series of experiments. The degree of penalty severity, methods of violator contact, officer vehicle visibility, officer scheduling, driver attitude toward the program, and effects on future driving behavior were examined in detail. Accident effects of the various methods were studied at a very localized level and on a city-wide basis.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with Stanford Research Inst., Menlo Park, Calif.
• Corporate Authors:

  Tacoma, City of, Washington

  755 Tacoma Avenue South
  Tacoma, WA  United States  98402

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Stanford Research Institute

  333 Ravenswood Avenue
  Menlo Park, CA  United States  94025
• Authors:
  • Serdinov, S M
  • David, N A
• Publication Date: 1976-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 90 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Behavior; Crashes; Demonstration projects; Drivers; Experiments; Highway traffic control; Law enforcement; Metropolitan areas; Penalties; Police; Prevention; Publicity; Safety; Traffic crashes; Traffic law enforcement; Traffic safety; Urban areas; Visibility
• Uncontrolled Terms: Enforcement; Motor vehicle accidents
• Geographic Terms: Washington (State)
• Old TRIS Terms: Selectivity
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00133331
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt., DOT-HS-801-872
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-225-2-385
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 23 1976 12:00AM