Site Report: Lexington, Kentucky Field Test of Combined Speed, Alcohol, and Safety Belt Enforcement Strategies

Details

• Creators:
  Jones, R. K. (Ralph K.) ; Joksch, Hans C. ; Lacey, John H. ; Wiliszowski, Connie H. ; Marchetti, Lauren M.
• Corporate Creators:
  Mid-America Research Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Office of Program Development and Evaluation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Manual safety belts
  • Speeding
  • Drunk driving
  • Law enforcement
  • Safety programs
  • Public information programs
  • Impact studies
  • Impaired driving, Alcohol
  • Highways
  • Safety and Human Factors
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-HS-808-245
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1525404
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  Kentucky ; United States
• Edition:
  Final report
• Contracting Officer:
  Anderson, Ted
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  The report describes the implementation and evaluation of a traffic safety program in Lexington, Kentucky. The goal of the program was to reduce the incidence of speeding, alcohol-impaired driving (DWI) and non-use of safety belts through well-publicized enforcement strategies focusing attention on all three areas. The Lexington Division of Police selected 'Traffic Watch' as the theme for their program. The program sequentially emphasized five different combined enforcement strategies over a period of approximately one year. A public information and education program that focused on each strategy ran for about two months. The study concluded that Lexington's combined enforcement program was effective against both speeding and DWI. The program did not result in a statistically significant increase in safety belt use. However, it was able to maintain the high use rates that Lexington was experiencing prior to the beginning of the combined program.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTNH22-89-C-07396
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/39099/dot_39099_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.98 MB]
• Collection(s):
  NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Research
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:641430a5a9b7a8ae6244f87978a68d70262f82f8cb83fe3a57f161b0c711f724