NEGLIGENT-OPERATOR TREATMENT EVALUATION SYSTEM: PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS REPORT NUMBER 4 (DETAILED FINDINGS)

The Negligent-Operator Treatment Evaluation System provides annual cost-effectiveness analyses of the California Department of Motor Vehicles' Negligent-Operator (Neg-Op) program. The evaluation system is based on a comparison of the driving records of Neg-Ops who are randomly assigned to a treatment or a no-contact group. Three levels of progressively more severe Neg-Op treatments were evaluated in this manner; the fourth-level treatment was evaluated indirectly using data from level-3 recidivist. Drivers at each level were eligible to receive a standard treatment or an alcohol tailored treatment. When the results of warning letters and notices of intent (levels 1 and 2) were combined they revealed a statistically significant reduction in total accidents. The regular probation hearing (level 3) was the only treatment which produced a statistically significant reduction in total accidents when analyzed by itself.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also PB89-195549
• Corporate Authors:

  California Department of Motor Vehicles

  P.O. Box 11828, 2415 1st Avenue
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95813
• Authors:
  • Marsh, W C
• Publication Date: 1988-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 83 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol use; Cost effectiveness; Evaluation; High risk drivers; Negligence; Personnel performance; Probation; Recidivism; Safety; Safety programs; Traffic safety; Traffic safety education
• Uncontrolled Terms: Treatment programs
• Old TRIS Terms: Alcohol education programs; Operator performance
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00494027
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: CAL-DMV-RSS-88-117
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 30 1990 12:00AM