THE RESULTS OF THE NHTSA SURVEY: FOR AN EVALUATION OF THE ADEQUACY AND APPROPRIATENESS OF THE NHTSA UNIFORM HIGHWAY SAFETY STANDARDS

A survey was initiated to collect comments, opinions and data on existing standards, and also to obtain recommendations on the scope, purpose and direction of the national program. The data collection effort, the evaluation plan and overall design, the study methodology and the significant findings are detailed in the first section of this report. The second section presents a comprehensive summary of each standard: periodic motor vehicle registration, motor vehicle registration, motorcycle safety, driver education, driver licensing, codes and laws, traffic courts, alcohol in relation to highway safety, traffic safety, police traffic services, pedestrian safety, debris hazard control and cleanup, pupil transportation safety, accident investigation and reporting.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1977-2

Media Info

• Features: Appendices;
• Pagination: 429 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohols; Crash investigation; Crash reports; Data collection; Debris removal; Driver licensing; Driver training; Drunk driving; Highway safety; Laws; Motor vehicles; Pedestrian safety; Police traffic services; School children; Standardization; Standards; Surveys; Traffic courts; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Child safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Pedestrian protection
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00156186
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Safety Council Safety Research Info Serv
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT HS-802 302
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-6-01417
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 16 1978 12:00AM