NHTSA Traffic Safety Priorities

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NHTSA Traffic Safety Priorities

• LETSAC Conference
• Romell Cooks
• Central Region, Regional Administrator

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NHTSA Traffic Safety Priorities

• Occupant Protection
• Impaired Driving
• Speeding
• Motorcycles
• Teenage Driving

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CIOT

• Thank you for your participation

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Is Click It or Ticket Working?National Unbuckled
Fatality Rate Trend
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Nighttime Belt Enforcement

• Night belt use is significantly lower than
  daytime
• Differences between day and nighttime belt use
  decreased after a CIOT mobilization in CT and PA
• Two demo projects (in three states) underway are
  assessing nighttime belt enforcement in WA and
  NC/WV

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Are the Impaired Driving Crackdowns
Working?National Alcohol-Related Fatality Rate
Trend
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Impaired Driving Crackdown

• Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest
• August 17 September 3, 2007
• August 15 September 1, 2008
• Focus on Impaired motorcycle riding

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Strategies for Reducing Impaired Driving
Screening Brief Intervention
Prosecutors DWI Courts
High Visibility Enforcement
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Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving Action Plan

• Increase Participation in Crackdown
• Ignition Interlocks
• Advanced Impairment Detection
• Grassroots Effort

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Speed Management

• What is DOT doing?

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Speeding Related Fatalities (2005)
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Speed Management Resources

• Speed Management Workshops
• Rational Speed Demonstration Projects
• Speed Enforcement Program Guidelines
• Speed Camera Systems Operational (ASE) Guidelines
• State Highway Safety Program Guideline 19
  Speed Management
• Communications Campaign

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Speed Demonstration Projects

• Multidisciplinary approach
• 85th percentile speeds
• Strict Enforcement
• Strong communications plan
• Preliminary Reports
• Compliance up
• Crashes down

• Connecticut
• Indiana
• Louisiana,
• Massachusetts
• Michigan,
• Mississippi
• Virginia

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Motorcycle Safety
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Motorcycle Riders Killed
Lowest of Fatalities
Source FARS
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Motorcycle Safety

• 27 of motorcycle operators had a BAC of at least
  .08 in fatal crashes - higher than operators of
  any other type of motor vehicle (2005)
• 34 of all motorcyclists involved in fatal
  crashes were speeding, higher than drivers of
  passenger cars (26), light-trucks (25), or
  large-trucks (2) (2005)
• Helmets are estimated to be 37 effective in
  preventing fatal injuries to motorcyclists

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National Agenda for Motorcycle Safety (NAMS)

• Recommendations to law enforcement
• Enforce drivers license requirements
• Training for impaired riding detection cues
• Educate law enforcement and judicial officials
  Encourage inclusion of law enforcement officials
  in Motorcycle Safety Program Assessments
• Motorcycle crash investigation

http//implementnams.org
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Motorcycle Licensing

• In fatal crashes, 24 of motorcycle operators had
  invalid licenses, compared to only 12 of drivers
  of passenger vehicles (2005)
• Law enforcement should always cite an operator
  who doesnt have a motorcycle endorsement

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Motorcycle Helmets

• Helmet use declined from 71 in 2000 to 58 in
  2004
• Novelty helmet tests
• Helmet website video
• Secretary Peters free
• helmet challenge

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Other Law Enforcement Activities
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Pursuits

• SAFETEA-LU requirement to
• provide guidance and support to law enforcement
• consistent with IACP guidelines
• Pursuit workshop through IADLEST
• Pilot in Kansas City, KS June 27, 28
• IACP Law Enforcement Stops and Safety
  Subcommittee (LESSS) producing a pursuit training
  video for release at the IACP conference in
  October

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Teenage Drivers
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How can we better focus on youth?

• Tighter Graduated Drivers Licensing
• Reduced Access to Alcohol
• High Visibility Enforcement

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What Can You Do?

• Support traffic enforcement as a core value of
  any law enforcement agencys overall enforcement
  mission
• Alongside other security and crime-prevention
  demands
• Quality of life issues
• Conduct sustained high-visibility enforcement
• Create partnerships with county and
  municipalities
• Multi-jurisdictional enforcement programs
• Sobriety checkpoints
• Improved data collection and reporting
• Media campaigns

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Thank You

• Questions?