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Legislative Tracking Database.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Provides information on current traffic safety legislation in the states.
State Traffic and Speed Laws.
This page contains a summary of and links to state laws related to speeding, and in particular excess speeding and reckless driving.
Summary Table of State Speed Laws.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration provides a summary table which details each states' sanction for three crimes: exceeding the speed limit, reckless driving, and racing on the highways.
Traffic Injury Research Foundation.
The Traffic Injury Research Foundation is a charitable, independent road safety institute. It performs original research into the causes of road crashes and develops and promotes effective prevention programs and policies.
Traffic Safety and Occupant Protection.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration provides information on driver safety, driver performance, crashes, and injury protection.
State Court Caseload Statistics, 2005, Traffic/Violations Section.
Williamsburg, VA: National Center for State Courts (2005).
This report provides information regarding total state trial court traffic violation caseloads in 2005. Information is provided for total traffic filings, total traffic dispositions, dispositions as a percentage of filings and filings per 100,000 adult population. State trial court DWI statistics can also be found in chart format in this publication.
Keith, Ann.
"Soccer Moms and Road Ragers: Remedies to Curb Aggressive Driving."
William and Mary Journal of Women and the Law - Marshall-Wythe School of Law (May 2001).
Aggressive driving is on the rise according to the American Auto Association Foundation for Traffic Safety Study, which found that incidents of aggressive driving have increased by seven percent every year since 1990.
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6th Annual Ignition Interlock Symposium Proceedings.
(September 2005).
More than 90 delegates representing 12 countries discussed the development and expansion of interlock programs internationally regarding "A global Perspective." Delegates attended seminaries regarding research on first and repeat offenders and criterion-based program features, developing programs and advancements in ongoing programs delivered from several countries, and emerging technologies that included presentations from Saab and Volvo.
Flango, Victor E.
"DWI Courts: The Newest Problem-Solving Courts."
Court Review Volume 42 Issue 1 (Spring 2005).
This article addresses the trend in problem-solving courts, specifically Driving While under the Influence or Driving While Intoxicated courts. The author explores the reasons for creating a DWI court, the trend of issues that most DWI courts face, and provides information regarding case type, caseload, and recidivism rate for 63 DWI courts across the country.
Strategies for Addressing The DWI Offender: 10 Promising Sentencing Practices.
National Highway Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (March 2005).
The Sentencing Summit was intended to identify innovative sentencing practices that have been used successfully by courts in dealing with DWI offenders who have not been prevented from re-offending by traditional sentencing methods. This report identifies 10 sentencing innovations the summit participants deemed to have promise for educing recidivism by DWI offenders, whether repeat or first time offenders.
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National Traffic Court Seminar..
Judicial Division, American Bar Association.
Each year the ABA hosts a national conference for state traffic courts across the country. Topics for each seminar chance annually and are typically related to current issues in the courts, such as ethical issues regarding judges, search and seizure, immigration.
"Teen Court."
Safety Digest (Fall 1997).
The goal of Teen Court is to direct cases away from the juvenile courts and to provide an alternative approach to litigating traffic violations such as impaired driving, speeding and seat belt nonuse. The Teen Court program focuses on prevention of offenses rather than simply punishing them.
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A Suggested Approach to Analyzing Racial Profiling: Sample Templates for Analyzing Car-Stop Data.
NCJ 209524.
This site describes the general approaches used during traffic stops and illustrates them with sample templates of the analytical output. These templates represent examples of how to display and evaluate results from various analysis methods.
Racial Profiling in America: Arrest the Racism.
American Civil Liberties Union.
This site provides definitions of racial profiling and introduces the ACLU's Campaign Against Racial Profiling, which is a program that has undertaken major initiatives in public education, legislation and litigation, including our Arrest the Racism campaign, to end discriminatory police stops and searches. This special web-based campaign is designed to educate the public and enlist citizens in the fight to eliminate racial profiling in America.
Contacts Between Police and the Public: Findings from the 1999 National Survey.
U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics (March 2001).
This report presents data on the nature and characteristics of citizen contacts with the police over a 12-month period. Findings are provided from a nationally representative survey of nearly 90,000 residents age 16 or older. Detailed information is presented on face-to-face contacts with the police including traffic stops, arrests, handcuffing and incidents of police use-of-force. The report also provides demographic characteristics of citizens and police officers involved in traffic stops and use of force encounters.
Racial Profiling: Limited Data Available on Motorist Stops: Report to the Honorable James E. Clyburn, Chairman, Congressional Black Caucus.
Washington, DC: General Accounting Office (2001).
This report focuses on the analyses that have been conducted on racial profiling of motorists, and federal, state and local data currently available on motorist stops.
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Harris, Tom.
"How Radar Detectors Work."
This article defines radar detectors and their common usage, as well as steps police departments are taking to combat detection technology.
Red Light Cameras.
National Motorists Association.
This site provides links to several studies conducted by the Virginia Department of Transportation, Canada's Ministry of Transportation, and the Texas Transportation Institute regarding red light and photo enforcement studies.
Loop 101 Photo Enforcement Program: Final Report.
(April 2009).
This is a final report of the Scottsdale City Court's photo enforcement program. It has case filing disposition and financial statistics.
Cornell, Janet G.
Photo Enforcement Traffic Cases in Scottdale`s Municipal Court.
Scottsdale Arizona Municipal Court (2007).
Photo radar technology for traffic enforcement in Scottsdale started in late 1996. In October, 2005 the Scottsdale City Council approved a 9 month "Demonstration Program" to further evaluate photo enforcement. This report is an interim analysis.
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SPIRIT (Simultaneous Paperless Image Retrieval Information Technology) Project.
SPIRIT is a series of technology-based information systems developed between the Clerk's Office, the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) and Miami-Dade County. The project was created to improve the service to the various agencies that process traffic cases, attorneys and the public; and to respond to increased pressure from the public to be able to do more with less.
The On-Line Traffic School.
This link gives details regarding on-line traffic school programs that are available for most courts. Click here for over 200 courts that work with The On-Line Traffic School.
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Annual Status Report to the Eighteenth State Legislature, Regular Session, 1996, on Act 214 (1993), Chapter 291D, Hawai`i Revised Statutes, Relating to Traffic Violations Enforcement..
Office of the Administrative Director of the Courts (1996).
This report focuses on the progress of Chapter 291D of the Revised Hawaii Statues. Chapter 291D established a civil system of traffic adjudication and in effect, created two separate traffic systems, one dealing with civil traffic infractions and one dealing with the more serious traffic crimes. (KFH297.8 .A95 1996)
Annual Status Report to the Eighteenth State Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, on Act 214 (1993), Chapter 291D, Hawai`i Revised Statutes, Relating to Traffic Violations Enforcement.
Office of the Administrative Director of the Courts (1995).
This report highlights the progress made by the Judiciary of Hawaii regarding the implementation of Act 214, as well as provides recommendations for further success in traffic court law. The main objectives of this Act are to facilitate payment of traffic infractions, to reduce the amount of time spent by the public in waiting for traffic arraignments and trials, and to allow judicial prosecutorial and law enforcement resources to be used more efficiently and effectively. (KFH297.8 .A95 1995)
Rondum, Knute.
Consultant`s Report: Initial Survey, Findings and Recommendations, Caseload Activity Reporting [for the] First Judicial District of Pennsylvania, County of Philadelphia [including] the Court of Common Pleas, Municipal and Traffic Courts of the City of Philadelphia.
Oxford, PA: K. Rondum (1995).
This report analyzes, compares, and contrasts common data elements between the caseload disposition reports from the courts of limited and general jurisdictions in the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania. The report also provides recommendations for the Court Administration and the Research Unit of the Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts. (KFP510.5 .S7 R66)
Interim Implementation Report to the Seventeenth State Legislature, Regular Session 1994, on Act 214 (1993), Relating to Traffic Violations Enforcement.
Office of the Administrative Director of the Courts, State of Hawaii (1993).
This report details the Judiciary's implementation plan and efforts to date regarding Act 214 of 1993 in the state of Hawaii. The main objectives of this bill are to facilitate payment of traffic infractions, to reduce the amount of time spent by the public in waiting for traffic arraignments and trials, and to allow judicial prosecutorial and law enforcement resources to be used more efficiently and effectively. (KFH297.8 .I58 1994)
Economos, James P.
Traffic Court Procedure and Administration, 2nd ed.
Chicago: American Bar Association (1983).
This book focuses upon the developments in traffic court justice during the 1960s-1980s. The developments highlighted in this book include, court applications of modern computers, decriminalization of certain traffic offenses, administrative adjudication, and modern management techniques. (KF2232 .E26 1983)
Economos, James, and David Steelman.
"Trends in Traffic Justice."
Traffic Court Procedure and Administration, 2nd ed. (1983).
This book focuses upon the developments in traffic court justice during the 1960s-1980s. The developments highlighted in the book include, court applications of modern computers, decriminalization of certain traffic offenses, administrative adjudication, and modern management techniques. (KF2232 .E26 1983)
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