题名: |
Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks in Washington State: High Visibility Enforcement Applied to Share the Road Safely. |
作者: |
BLOMBERG, R.; NERUP, P.; PORTER, L.; SALZBERG, P.; VANDYK, J. |
关键词: |
MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC LAW ENFORCEMENT; WASHINGTON(STATE) |
摘要: |
In 2004, Congress directed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to work together 'to educate the drivers of passenger vehicles on how to share the road safely with commercial motor vehicles (CMVs).' Washington State was selected as the site for an 18 month pilot project because of its success in implementing other highway safety enforcement projects such as Washington State Patrol's Step Up and R.I.D.E. program in Seattle. Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT) is a pilot project using enforcement, education, media and evaluation to reduce fatalities and injuries resulting from cutting off, tailgating, and speeding around trucks. It applies NHTSA's High Visibility Enforcement model of Click It or Ticket to unsafe driving by any vehicle around large trucks. Public awareness activities and paid media were designed to increase motorists' awareness of the need to leave one car length for every 10 miles of speed when merging in front of trucks. Four high-crash interstate corridors, each approximately 25 miles in length, were selected; two intervention corridors received TACT media messages and increased enforcement while two comparison corridors did not. Two waves of enforcement each lasting two weeks (July 11-22 and September 19-30, 2005) took place at the intervention sites. |
报告类型: |
科技报告 |