Driver behaviour Impaired driving • Each year the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” impaired driving campaign is conducted in September and December with the involvement of thousands of law-enforcement agencies across…
Organisation of road safety The United States uses a “federalism” approach that divides the powers of government between the national (federal) government and state and local governments. Under federalism, each level of…
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Impaired driving Each state makes its own laws governing BAC levels for law enforcement action. In general, state BAC laws fall into three categories: zero tolerance; 0.08 BAC per se; and high…
The latest estimation of the economic costs of traffic crashes was done in 20003 . The cost of motor vehicle crashes that occurred in 2000 totaled USD 230.6 billion. This is equal…
Traffic In 1990, there were approximately 184 million registered motor vehicles in the U.S. and vehicle ownership rate was close to 0.74 vehicles per capita. Since then, except for the year 1992,…
Road Safety – Annual Report 2014 Road crashes in 2012: Motor vehicle crashes and fatalities in 2012 increased after six consecutive years of declining fatalities on the US nation’s highways. The…
Road Safety – Annual Report 2014 Inhabitants: 311.6 million Vehicles/1 000 – inhabitants: 846 Road fatalities in 2012: 33 561 Fatalities /100 000 in habitants in 2012: 10.7 The State Police…
Road Safety – Annual Report 2014 Distraction Distracted driving laws focus on the use of mobile electronic devices while driving. Each state in the US sets its own laws regarding distracted driving.…
