Citizen Reporting of DUI–"Extra Eyes" to Identify Impaired Driving

The concept of citizen reporting of impaired driving has been in place for decades in the United States but has not been carefully evaluated as a separate countermeasure. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has taken the initiative to look more closely at a citizen reporting program to assess whether such programs are potentially effective in helping to reduce impaired driving. Montgomery County, Maryland, has created a highly focused variant of the citizen report concept, called "Operation Extra Eyes," in which private citizens are trained in Driving Under the Influence (DUI) detection cues and are equipped with communication devices so they can report suspected impaired drivers to the police more directly and quickly. Community volunteers are deployed during times of intensified enforcement, such as saturation patrols, allowing police to respond more quickly to potential violations. This activity is supplemented by student volunteers who are stationed in arrest processing areas and assist police officers in fulfilling DUI paperwork requirements. Information for this evaluation was gathered from interviews with key participants, from surveys of patrol officers, and from surveys of Motor Vehicle Administration customers. Additional data were obtained from State and local crash records.

• Record URL:
  http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/alcohol/ExtraEyes/images/3204EEReport.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Date on back cover: August 2006; Date on documentation page: September 2006.
• Corporate Authors:

  Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation

  11720 Beltsville Drive, Suite 900
  Calverton, MD  United States  20705-3102

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  Office of Impaired Driving and Occupant Protection, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Kelley-Baker, Tara
  • Lacey, John H
  • Brainard, Katharine
  • Kirk, Hillary
  • Taylor, Eileen
• Publication Date: 2006-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 120p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Countermeasures; Drunk driving; Interviewing; Public participation; Surveys; Traffic law enforcement; Volunteers
• Geographic Terms: Montgomery County (Maryland)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01042154
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-810 647
• Contract Numbers: DTNH22-02-D-95121
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 16 2007 3:30PM