Impact of exempting the recording of low level speed violations in Minnesota : final report.

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• Creators:
  Douma, Frank ; Tilahun, Nebiyou ; Peck, Spencer
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Minnesota. Humphrey School of Public Affairs
• Corporate Contributors:
  University of Minnesota. Center for Transportation Studies
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Speed limits
  • Driver records
  • Traffic violations
  • Traffic law enforcement
  • State laws
  • Speeding
  • Speed citations
  • driving record
  • insurance
  • Dimler Amendment
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  CTS 15-01
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Minnesota
• Edition:
  Final report
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Minnesota. Center for Transportation Studies
• Abstract:
  This report covers work done to respond to a request from the Minnesota State Legislature that was ; included in amendments to Minn. Stat. § 171.12, passed in the 2012 Legislative session. Specifically, the ; report examines the impacts of Minnesota Statute § 171.12, Subd. 6, better known as the “Dimler ; Amendment,” which calls for certain low-level violations of certain speed limits to not be entered on the ; violator’s driving record. The statute called for a report from the Commissioners of Transportation, ; Public Safety and Health on the impacts of increasing the Dimler qualifying range from 5 mph to 10 mph ; in 60 mph speed zones on travel reliability, travel efficiency, safety, and privacy. Based on the findings of ; these analyses, the impacts of the 2012 changes were negligible. ; More significantly, however, in the course of this project, the researchers came upon findings that led ; them to question the efficacy of the law itself. The public appears to not be aware of the law’s existence, ; which may be compounded by the fact that the law lays on top of Minnesota’s already complex speed ; laws and regulations. Further, the exemptions may be benefiting a small, but significant number of repeat ; offenders, and complicating regulation of commercial vehicle drivers.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  CTS #2014044 ; (c) 99008 (wo) 138
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32167/dot_32167_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.21 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c1731e587109c9a081a83c4bca9397d315b815d69fe4f1952e4821cab1d70391