Program of Research for Traffic Law Enforcement

This document proposes a national research program in Traffic Law Enforcement. It is the product of extensive deliberations by the members and friends of the Traffic Law Enforcement Committee of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), presentations and discussions at open forums conducted at National TRB Conferences, and the work of individual members of the Committee charged with the assignment of developing research project statements. The program recommends the conduct of fourteen (14) separate research studies to remedy current deficiencies in data accuracy and consistency, investigate a variety of law enforcement techniques, explore the relationship between law enforcement and transportation system performance, and address several management issues. The total cost of the research program is estimated to be 2.55 million dollars.