A traffic safety evaluation of California's traffic violator school citation dismissal policy |
| |
Authors: | Michael A Gebers [Author Vitae] |
| |
Institution: | Department of Motor Vehicles Research and Development Branch 2570 24th Street, MS: H126 Sacramento, CA 95818, United States |
| |
Abstract: | IntroductionThis study evaluated California's traffic violator school (TVS) citation dismissal policy.MethodThis study identified and compared two large samples of drivers either completing a TVS (N = 210,015) or convicted of a traffic citation (N = 168,563).ResultsPrior to adjudication, the TVS group had characteristics (e.g., lower prior conviction rate and smaller proportion of males) that were predictive of a lower subsequent crash risk. However, the TVS group exhibited significantly more crashes than did the convicted group in the subsequent one-year period. The difference (4.83%) increased to 10% after adjusting for the more favorable characteristics of the TVS group. The TVS group also had a higher adjusted subsequent crash rate at each prior driver record entry level, reflecting a loss in the general and specific deterrence of the non-conviction masked status of TVS dismissed citations. It was reported that the TVS dismissal policy results in approximately 12,300 additional crashes annually with economic costs of approximately $398,000,000.ConclusionsThe avoidance of licensing actions resulting from the dismissal policy assists in explaining why the driving public is exposed to an increased crash risk. A number of recommendations are offered to reduce the negative traffic safety impact of the TVS citation dismissal policy. |
| |
Keywords: | Crash risk prevention Crash forecasting Traffic law violators Driver improvement schools Point systems |
本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录! |
|