NORTH CAROLINA TRAFFIC RECORDS SYSTEMS STUDY.

THE FRAMEWORK OF THE EXISTING TRAFFIC RECORDS SYSTEM FOR THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IS DESCRIBED AND PRELIMINARY ANALYSES ARE PERFORMED. THIS DESCRIPTION IS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM AND CONSTITUTES THE BASIS FOR A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE SYSTEM USER REQUIREMENTS TO BE MADE OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THIS EFFORT. THE ANALYSES PERFORMED IN THIS STUDY ARE LIMITED IN DETAIL, BUT THEY FORM THE BASIS FOR AN EVALUATION OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR FUTURE WORK. THE OPERATIONS ANALYSIS IS PERFOMED TO DEFINE AN OPERATIONAL CONFIGURATION FOR THE STATE'S TRAFFIC RECORDS SYSTEM AND DESCRIBE DECISION AND ACTION NETWORKS AS THEY NOW EXIST WITHIN THE SYSTEM AND SUBSYSTEM. THE DESCRIPTION OF SUCH A NETWORK FOR THE MAJOR ELEMENTS OF THE SYSTEM PROVIDES A REPRESENTATION OF THE OPERATIONAL FLOW AND DECISION CONTROL POINTS. IT ALSO INDICATES THE INFORMATION THAT IS REQUIRED AT EACH DECISION POINT. THE FORMS AND DOCUMENTS WHICH ARE RECEIVED, PROCESSED, AND PRODUCED IN THE COURSE OF SYSTEM OPERATION HAVE BEEN COLLECTED AND CATEGORIZED. THE FUNCTIONAL OPERATING PROCEDURES, IN TERMS OF THE TASKS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED, THE NUMBER OF VEHICLE RECORDS, DRIVERS' RECORDS, AND ACCIDENT REPORTS HANDLED, THE RATE OF PROCESSING, AND THE TIME INVOLVED ARE DEFINED. THE REQUIREMENTS FOR INFORMATION FLOW AND ACCESS HAVE BEEN ANALYZED. INFORMATION WHICH IS GENERATED AND THE PROCEDURES INVOLVED IN DATA PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING ARE IDENTIFIED. VOLUME 2 CONTAINS SAMPLES OF ALL THE FORMS AND REPORTS CURRENTLY USED IN THE NORTH CAROLINA TRAFFIC RECORDS SYSTEM WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME "IN-HOUSE WORK SHEET" FORMS AND REPORTS, RELATIVELY SELDOM USED FORMS, AND SOME COMPUTER OUTPUT REPORTS. A DESCRIPTIVE INDEX OF ALL FORMS IS GIVEN, CATEGORIZED WITH RESPECT TO ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY USE. /SRIS/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • PHASE 1
• Corporate Authors:

  Research Triangle Institute

  /Operations Research and Economics Div
  ,   United States 
• Authors:
  • Williams, R B
  • Hunt, P N
  • Moser, B A
  • Russell, M S
• Publication Date: 1968-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 220 p.
• Serial:
  • Volume: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashes; Drivers; Records management; Traffic; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Records
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221857
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 17 1973 12:00AM