State Funding of Alcohol Safety Countermeasure Programs

Details

• Creators:
  Williams, R. B.
• Corporate Creators:
  Human Research and Development Services, Inc.
• Corporate Contributors:
  Traffic Safety Programs (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Financing Guidelines Safety Programs State Government
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-HS-806-032 ; NTIS-PB82120262
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1525088
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final report
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  This study was to analyze current State practices in funding State alcohol highway safety programs. The results were intended to provide guidelines for establishing and improving self-sustaining alcohol safety programs. The literature was reviewed and data was collected by telephone from 22 State representatives; information was obtained from personal interviews with six of the initially surveyed program employees. The principal findings and conclusions are: 1) There may be a great deal of reluctance for States to initiate or expand programs because of large expense and difficulty of presenting direct benefits from expenditures; 2) a client fee of $200 is a reasonable sum for a comprehension self-supportive program; 3) It is recommended that clients reach the alcohol safety program not only through the court, but through an administrative action on the part of motor vehicle departments; 4) There should be a State alcohol safety program office to help administer and support the local programs; 5) No special funds should be allocated for enforcement agencies; 6) Most motor vehicle laws are written so that alcohol safety programs could be an adjunct to the driver education programs and that additional legislation is really not necessary. /Abstract from report summary page/
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DOT-NTHTSA-8-0729
• Collection(s):
  NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Research
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a90c9f74a1c8457ba145d8cbe36ae676f2b59a1f0aa06fa38ffcde20fd3d8b7c
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1308/dot_1308_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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