MODEL MINIMUM PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS FOR POLICE TRAFFIC RADAR DEVICES. NHTSA TECHNICAL REPORT
This publication provides an overview of the circumstances leading to the International Association of Chiefs of Police request that the Federal Government become involved in the development of specifications for police traffic radar and the work that has been done since 1977 in response to that request. Chapter 1 presents a succinct description of the status of police traffic radar and its use in speed limit enforcement. It also contains a description of the Federal Government's involvement with police traffic radar since 1977 and contains the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA's) recommendations concerning the use of these devices in speed enforcement. Chapter 2 contains a discussion of the evolution of the performance specifications from a proposed rulemaking activity to publication in the form of model minimum specifications for police radar. Chapter 3 provides the model minimum specifications together with recommended procedures with which radar devices may be tested to assess their compliance with the guidelines proposed in the specifications.
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Corporate Authors:
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Treado, M
- Wakefield, J
- Lieberman, G
- Eliason, L
- Sostkowski, R
- Traynor, B
- Publication Date: 1994-1
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 86 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Compliance; Federal government; Instruments for measuring speed or velocity; Performance based specifications; Police; Radar devices; Recommendations; Speed limits; Test procedures; Traffic law enforcement
- Uncontrolled Terms: Performance specifications
- Old TRIS Terms: Speed measuring devices
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I73: Traffic Control;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00719457
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Report/Paper Numbers: HS-808 069
- Contract Numbers: DTNH22-90-X-05190
- Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Mar 21 1996 12:00AM