Task 3 - I-95 Corridor Coalition
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Safety Data Analysis Deliverables Task 3: Survey of Current Practices Deliverables: Safety Data Analysis Survey Cover Letter Safety Data Analysis Survey Instrument List of Jurisdictions to Contact Project Code: 15-7A Prepared for: I-95 Corridor Coalition Prepared by: Traffic Injury Research Foundation October 2009 DRAFT October 7, 2009 Survey of Current Practices for Dealing with Fatal and Injury Collisions The Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF) has been hired by the I-95 Corridor Coalition to provide an inventory of effective traffic safety measures that can be implemented across the I95 Coalition member states to reduce the major categories fatal and serious injury collisions. As part of the study, TIRF is reviewing the current practices dealing with fatal and serious injury collisions in all member states in the I-95 Corridor Coalition, a selection of other U.S. jurisdictions, and several other countries. These practices include policy (i.e. laws and their enforcement), programs (e.g., licensing, education, etc.) and road engineering measures. This survey will help to provide a more comprehensive picture of how jurisdictions are currently dealing with these collisions and which measures might be relevant and beneficial to all of the I95 Corridor Coalition member states. The survey questionnaire is being sent to those people identified as being involved in legislative, enforcement, licensing, education, and road engineering measures that are related to the improvement of traffic safety. The questionnaire asks questions about safety belt use, impaired driving, speeding, collision avoidance, improperly licensed drivers and road engineering measures. If you are not the appropriate person to answer some or all of the questions in this survey, would you please forward it by e-mail to the appropriate person(s) and copy me so that I know who has the questionnaire. If you would like further information about this survey, please contact Brian Jonah at TIRF either by email (brianj@tirf.ca) or at (877) 238-5235. We would appreciate it if you could complete the questionnaire and send it to Brian Jonah by e-mail before November 15, 2009. 2 Safety Belt Use 1. Does your jurisdiction have a primary or secondary safety belt use law? Primary law Secondary law No law, Go to Question 12 2. What is the maximum fine for a violation of this belt law? $ ______ Don’t know 3. Are any demerit points associated with violating the belt law? Yes ______points No 4. How often do the state and local police in your jurisdiction conduct safety belt enforcement programs such as Click It or Ticket? Never Rarely Sometimes Often Don’t know 5. When are these enforcement programs usually conducted? Check all that apply. Daytime Night-time Weekends Holiday weekends Don’t know 6. How often are these programs conducted on two lane rural roads? Never Rarely Sometimes Often Don’t know 7. How often are educational programs conducted in conjunction with these enforcement programs? Never Rarely Sometimes Often Don’t know 8. Are any of these enforcement campaigns targeted at young male drivers (16-24) who are typically less likely to wear safety belts? Yes No Don’t know 9. Is there a website where these enforcement campaigns are described? ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 3 10. Have any of these safety belt programs been evaluated? Yes, Please provide website for information _____________________________ No Don’t know 11. Have there been any innovative measures taken in your jurisdiction to increase safety belt use? ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Impaired Driving 12. How often do the state and local police in your jurisdiction conduct impaired driving enforcement programs such as sobriety checkpoints or saturation patrols? Never, Go to Question 21 Rarely Sometimes Often Don’t know 13. When are these enforcement programs usually conducted? Check all that apply. Weekdays Week nights Weekend days Weekend nights Holiday weekends Don’t know 14. Do these programs target areas where there is a higher level of drinking (e.g., areas where there are a lot of bars, sporting events, etc.)? Yes No Don’t know 15. How often are these enforcement programs conducted on two lane rural roads? Never Rarely Sometimes Often Don’t know 16. How often are educational programs conducted in conjunction with these enforcement programs? Never Rarely Sometimes Often Don’t know 17. Is there a website where these enforcement campaigns are described? ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 18. Are alcohol ignition interlocks mandatory for multiple impaired driving offenders? Yes No Don’t know 4 19. Have there been any evaluations conducted on the effectiveness of these impaired driving enforcement campaigns? Yes, Please provide website information _____________________________ No Don’t know 20. Are there any innovative measures that have been used in your jurisdiction to reduce impaired driving? ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Speeding 21. Typically, what is the speed limit on two lane rural roads in your jurisdiction? ___________ mph 22. Has your jurisdiction reduced the speed limit on any two lane rural roads in the last 5 years or is it being considered? Yes No No, but it is being considered Don’t know 23. How often do the state or local police conduct speed enforcement programs on two lane rural roads in your jurisdiction? Never Rarely Sometimes Often Don’t know 24. Have there been any educational programs conducted in conjunction with these speed enforcement programs? Yes No Don’t know 25. Are speed cameras used in your jurisdictions to reduce speeds? These cameras take a picture of the license plate of a speeding vehicle and the owner of the vehicle is mailed a ticket. Yes No, Go to Question 27 Don’t know, Go to Question 27 26. How often are speed cameras used to detect speeders on two lane rural roads? 27. Never Rarely Sometimes Often Don’t know Is there a website where these speed enforcement campaigns are described? ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 5 28. Have there been any evaluations of speed enforcement programs in your jurisdiction? Yes, Please provide website for information _____________________________ No Don’t know 29. Are there any innovative measures that have been used in your jurisdiction to reduce speeding? ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Collision Avoidance 30. How often do driver education courses teach new drivers what to do if they are driving on the highway and the wheels of their vehicle go off the pavement onto the soft shoulder? Never Rarely Sometimes Often Don’t know 31. Does the knowledge test for obtaining a driver’s license in your jurisdiction include a question about what to do if they are driving on the highway and the wheels of their vehicle go off the pavement onto the soft shoulder? Yes No Don’t know Improperly Licensed Drivers 32. If a driver whose licence is suspended or revoked is caught driving, what are the consequences for that driver? Check all that apply. Fine, Please specify amount _______________________________________ Extension of suspension Vehicle impoundment or forfeiture Other, Please specify_____________________________________________ Don’t know 33. Does your jurisdiction use technology such as the Automated License Plate Recognition in order to identify drivers whose licenses have been suspended or revoked or who never obtained a license? This technology reads the license plate number, identifies the vehicle owner and then links to the driver licensing system to determine the owner’s license status. Yes No Don’t know Road Engineering 34. How often are road safety audits performed on the roads in your jurisdiction to identify black spots (i.e., road segments with higher risk of collisions)? Never Rarely Sometimes Often Don’t know 6 35. How often are these road safety audits conducted on two lane rural roads? Never Rarely Sometimes Often Don’t know 36. How often are the shoulders of highways paved beyond the traveled part of roadway? Never Rarely Sometimes Often Don’t know 37. How often are rumble strips used on the outer edges of highways to alert drivers that they are leaving the lane? Never Rarely Sometimes Often Don’t know 38. How often are rumble strips used on the centre line of two lane rural roads to alert drivers that they are crossing into the oncoming lane? None Some Most All Don’t know 39. How often are guard rails installed on the outer edge of curves on highways to prevent vehicles from going off the roadway into the roadside? Never Rarely Sometimes Often Don’t know 40. How often is the pavement on curves treated with a compound which increases the tire friction thereby decreasing loss of control of the vehicle? Never Rarely Sometimes Often Don’t know 41. How often are roundabouts used instead of standard intersections on two lane rural roads? Never Rarely Sometimes Often Don’t know 7 42. How often are roundabouts used instead of standard intersections on roads in urban or suburban areas? Never Rarely Sometimes Often Don’t know 43. Is there a website where the use of these road engineering measures in your jurisdiction is described? ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 44. Have there been any evaluations of road engineering measures used in your jurisdictions to improve road safety? Yes, Please provide website information _____________________________ No Don’t know 45. Are there other innovative road engineering measures that your jurisdiction is using to reduce the incidence of motor vehicle collisions? ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 46. What organization do you work for and in what jurisdiction (i.e. state, province, country)? Organization________________________________________________________ Jurisdiction_________________________________________________________ 47. If we wanted to follow up for more details about some of these programs, who should we contact? ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Thank you for completing this questionnaire 8 Jurisdiction Individual to Contact Emails Agencies Membership I-95 States Connecticut Robbin L. Cabelus robbin.cabelus@ct.gov Executive Director, State Traffic Commission Bureau of Policy & Planning. Department of Transportation GHSA Delaware Tricia Roberts tricia.roberts@state.de.us Director Office of Highway Safety GHSA Florida Kevin J. Thibault kevin.thibault@dot.state.fl.us Assistant Secretary for Engineering & Operations Department of Transportation GHSA Georgia Robert F. Dallas rdallas@gohs.ga.gov Director Governor’s Office of Highway Safety GHSA Maine Anne H. Jordan anne.h.jordan@maine.gov Commissioner Department of Public Safety GHSA Maryland Vernon F. Betkey vbetkey@sha.state.md.us Director Maryland Highway Safety Office Maryland State Highway Administration GHSA Massachusetts Sheila Burgess-Hill sheila.burgess-hill@state.ma.us Director Highway Safety Division Office of Grants & Research Executive Office of Public Safety & Security GHSA New Hampshire Peter Thomson pthomson@nhhsa.state.nh.us Coordinator Highway Safety Agency GHSA New Jersey Pam Fischer pam.fischer@lps.state.nj.us Director Division of Highway Traffic Safety Department of Law & Public Safety GHSA New York Chuck DeWeese cdeweese@dmv.state.ny.us Assistant Commissioner Department of Motor Vehicles GHSA North Carolina J. Darrell Jernigan jdjernigan@ncdot.gov Director Governor's Highway Safety Program GHSA Pennsylvania Scott Christie schristie@state.pa.us Secretary Highway Administration Pennsylvania Department of Transportation GHSA Rhode Island Michael Lewis mlewis@dot.ri.gov Director Department of Transportation GHSA South Carolina Mark Keel markkeel@scdps.net Director Department of Public Safety GHSA Vermont Jeanne Johnson jejohnso@dps.state.vt.us Coordinator Governor’s Highway Safety Program Department of Public Safety GHSA 9 Jurisdiction Individual to Contact Emails Agencies Membership Virginia D.B. Smit, Db.smit@dmv.virginia.gov Commissioner Department of Motor Vehicles GHSA Washington DC Carole A. Lewis carole.lewis@dc.gov Chief Transportation Safety Division District Department of Transportation GHSA Alberto Gutier Christopher J. Murphy agutier@azgohs.gov Governor's Office of Highway Safety GHSA cmurphy@ots.ca.gov Office of Traffic Safety GHSA Illinois Michael Stout michael.stout@illinois.gov Director Division of Traffic Safety Illinois Department of Transportation GHSA Michigan Michael L. Prince princem@michigan.gov Division Director Office of Highway Safety Planning GHSA Minnesota Michael Campion michael.campion@state.mn.us Commissioner Department of Public Safety GHSA New Mexico Gary Girón gary.giron@state.nm.us Secretary Department of Transportation GHSA Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Maine Maryland Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Vermont Virginia Washington DC Other US States Arizona California 10 Jurisdiction Individual to Contact Emails Agencies Membership Ohio Henry Guzmán hguzman@dps.state.oh.us Director Department of Public Safety GHSA Oregon Troy E. Costales troy.e.costales@odot.state.or.us Administrator Transportation Safety Division GHSA Texas Amadeo Saenz asaenz@dot.state.tx.us Executive Director Department of Transportation GHSA Washington Lowell Porter lporter@wtsc.wa.gov Director Washington Traffic Safety Commission GHSA Jeanette Espie jeanette.espie@gov.ab.ca Office of Traffic Safety Alberta Transportation British Columbia Sonny Senghera sonny.senghera@icbc.com Insurance Corporation of British Columbia Manitoba Lucille McLaughlin lucille.mclaughlin@gov.mb.ca Manitoba Transportation & Government Services Manitoba Sheila Champagne schampagne2@mpi.mb.ca Manitoba Public Insurance New Brunswick Dan Toner dan.toner@gnb.ca New Brunswick Department of Public Safety Newfoundland & Labrador Geoff Ewing gewing@gov.nl.ca Newfoundland & Labrador Traffic Safety Programs Nova Scotia Kent Speiran speirakd@gov.ns.ca Nova Scotia Department of Transportation & Infrastructure Renewal Northwest Territories Garry Dziwenka Garry_Dziwenka@gov.nt.ca Northwest Territories Dept. of Transportation Ontario Heidi Francis heidi.francis@ontario.ca Ontario Ministry of Transportation Prince Edward Island Audrey Mayhew ammayhew@gov.pe.ca Prince Edward Island Department of Transportation & Public Works Arizona California Illinois Michigan Minnesota New Mexico Ohio Oregon Texas Washington Canadian Jurisdictions CCMTA Committee Road Safety Research and Policies CCMTA Committee Road Safety Research and Policies CCMTA Committee Road Safety Research and Policies CCMTA Committee Road Safety Research and Policies CCMTA Committee Road Safety Research and Policies CCMTA Committee Road Safety Research and Policies CCMTA Committee Road Safety Research and Policies CCMTA Committee Road Safety Research and Policies CCMTA Committee Road Safety Research and Policies CCMTA Committee Road Safety Research and Policies 11 Jurisdiction Individual to Contact Emails Agencies Quebec Lyne Vézina lyne.vezina@saaq.gouv.qc.ca Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec Saskatchewan George Eguakun geguakun@sgi.sk.ca SGI Yukon Tracy Erman tracy.erman@gov.yk.ca Yukon Dept. of Highways & Public Works Germany Simone Klipp Klipp@bast.de Federal Highway Research Institute & Driving under the Influence of Drugs, Alcohol and Medicines (DRUID) Victoria, Australia George Mavroyeni George.Mavroyeni@roads.vic.gov.au VicRoads Soames Job Soames_JOB@rta.nsw.gov.au New South Wales Centre for Road Safety Paula Norman Paula.Norman@saugov.sa.gov.au Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure Membership CCMTA Committee Road Safety Research and Policies CCMTA Committee Road Safety Research and Policies CCMTA Committee Road Safety Research and Policies International Jurisdictions New South Wales, Australia South Australia, Australia 12
