National Aggressive Driving Action Guide: A Criminal Justice Approach
Aggressive driving has rapidly become a major concern
to government officials, highway safety executives and advocates, law
enforcement administrators and the motoring public. In fact, in some communities
this driving behavior is considered more of a threat to public safety than any
other. This Guide, for use by State and local officials, legislative bodies,
criminal justice practitioners, highway safety advocates and related
organizations and communities, provides strategies and recommendations resulting
a series of meetings among distinguished criminal justice professionals - law
enforcement leaders, prosecutors, judges, and a representative from the defense
bar - and NHTSA staff, who comprised an Aggressive Driving Implementation Team
formed from attendees at the 1999 DOT Aggressive Driving and the Law: A
Symposium. It contains a framework that States can use to address the problem of
aggressive driving. The Guide is organized into six topic areas that are useful
for categorizing aggressive driving countermeasures. The six areas are (1)
Statutory Strategies, (II) Enforcement Strategies, (III) Applied Technology,
(IV) Charging Decisions, (V) Sentencing Strategies, and (VI) Community
Leadership.
This Guide is in and easy-to-read booklet form, and is also in HTML
format on the NHTSA Aggressive Driving website.
Traffic safety leaders, and partners including: State's
Highway Safety Office personnel; State and local officials, law enforcement
executives; judicial and prosecutorial leaders, legislative bodies, elected
officials and policy-makers; business leaders, and civic and community-based
activists.
NHTSA Regional Offices and selected NHTSA partner
organizations, i.e. law enforcement organizations, judicial organizations and
prosecutors organizations, as well as a copy to each law enforcement agency
known to have aggressive driving projects. [The document will also be available
at the NHTSA website: /people/injury/enforce/aggredriver.html)
SUGGESTED MARKETING STRATEGIES/USE: In States where State Highway Safety
Officials, State and local law enforcement executives and other interested
organizations are contemplating legislative changes or are planning aggressive
driving program, this document may be helpful.
This Guide was developed by the National Aggressive Driving
Implementation Team and published by the NHTSA.
Fax orders to the NHTSA Traffic Law Enforcement Division at (202) 366-7721. Orders can also be made on-line by clicking on Safety Materials on the NHTSA website at www.nhtsa.dot.gov and entering the document title.
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