Enforcement of the Child Passenger Protection Law

Details

• Creators:
  Sontag, Dianne B. ; Heathington, Kenneth W. ; Lo, Mark
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Center for Transportation Research
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ; Tennessee. Governor's Highway Safety Program
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Child restraint systems
  • Children
  • State laws
  • Traffic law enforcement
  • Police
  • Surveys
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-HS-805-802 ; NTIS-PB81188674
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1525051
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  Tennessee ; United States
• Edition:
  Final report
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  This report describes the Tennessee law enforcement agencies and their role in the enforcement of the child passenger protection law. Chapter I introduces the importance of protecting child passengers in motor vehicles, describes the child passenger protection law and outlines the objectives and tasks of the Child Passenger Safety Program. Chapter II briefly describes the three major enforcement systems in Tennessee, describing their chains of command and their methods of operation. Chapter III discusses particular characteristics of the child passenger protection law which make it difficult to enforce. Chapter IV provides an analysis of a survey taken to gather enforcement officers' opinions concerning the law. Chapter V describes two innovative enforcement programs. Chapter VI provides conclusions and recommendations. /Abstract from report summary page/
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DOT-HS-7-017930
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1271/dot_1271_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.89 MB]
• Collection(s):
  NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Research
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0c265676c6c9f785f911e3c73e3d0d709df97043cdfbd9633027a58d8b609106