Review of NJ point system.

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• Alternative Title:
  Review of New Jersey point system.
• Creators:
  Carnegie, Jon A. ; Ozbay, Kaan ; Mudigonda, Sandeep
• Corporate Creators:
  Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Traffic violations
  • Driver monitoring
  • Negligence
  • Point demerit systems
  • Evaluation
  • Recidivism
  • Driver licenses
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA NJ-2013-004
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  New Jersey
• Corporate Publisher:
  New Jersey. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Research
• Abstract:
  The purpose of this study is to investigate the comparative effectiveness of point-based versus incident-based ; negligent driver monitoring systems and to explore how certain changes to the existing point-based system used in ; New Jersey might improve the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission’s (MVC) ability to properly identify and ; address problem drivers. This study seeks to address an existing gap in the literature and advance the current ; state of knowledge regarding the effectiveness of point- versus incident-based monitoring systems. The results of ; this study further confirm the results of previous studies that the interventions used by MVC to correct problem ; driver behavior are effective. As part of this study, the research team used survival analysis to show that the ; average time to next offense for driver’s subjected to MVC interventions increases significantly for all three ; interventions used. Three primary alternatives to MVC’s current point-based system of driver monitoring and ; control were investigated. Alternative #1 retained MVC’s existing point-based monitoring system but limited or ; eliminated the practice of plea bargaining motor vehicle offenses. Alternative #2 replaced MVC’s current point-based system of monitoring with an incident-based system; and Alternative #3 supplemented the existing point-based system with an incident-based habitual offender license suspension program. Each of the alternatives ; results in increased system outputs in the form of advisory notices, re-education class enrollments and license ; suspensions. These additional interventions result in improved safety outcomes in the form of longer periods of ; safe driving after intervention and fewer future violations and crashes among the drivers in each cohort. ; Across the alternatives, improvement in time until next offense is greatest among male drivers. This may be in part ; due to the fact that male drivers have higher overall rates of violation than female drivers. The best results in terms ; of time until next offense appear to derive from Alternative #1 Case 1 which presents the highest level of ; improvement across virtually every age and gender cohort. Interestingly, Alternative #2 which by far subjects the ; greatest number of drivers to interventions of all types presents improvements slightly below Alternative #1 Case 1. ; Alternative #3 does appear to result in longer times to next offense among habitual offenders but the times ; between offenses remain very short. This result highlights the fact that “hard core” habitual offenders are likely to ; pose significant safety concerns even though more drivers are subject to license suspension, the most strict of the ; interventions used by MVC. From the analysis it seems clear that there are changes that MVC can make to ; enhance the agency’s ability to address negligent driving behavior and thereby improve highway safety. However, ; at least two of alternatives explored in this study, Alternatives #1 and #2 present significant and perhaps ; insurmountable political, systems and operational challenges. Alternative #3 presents the most promise but it too ; will require careful consideration of the costs and benefits of any change.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/29326/dot_29326_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 622.19 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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