| Title | The Effect of High-Visibility Enforcement on Driver Compliance with Pedestrian Right-of-Way Laws: 4-Year Follow-Up [Traffic Tech] |
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| Record ID | 61592 |
| Corporate Creator | United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| Publisher | United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| Publication Date | 20170101 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | In large cities, pedestrians can account for 40% to 50% of traffic fatalities. In 2014 there were 4,884 pedestrian fatalities and about 65,000 injuries in the United States (NHTSA, 2015). Many of these incidents occur at crosswalks where drivers fail to comply with pedestrian crossing laws. Driver compliance increased in Gainesville, Florida, after applying NHTSA’s high-visibility enforcement (HVE) model to pedestrian right-of-way laws. The original study report is available at www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/ nti/pdf/811786.pdf. This current study was a follow-up to the original Gainesville pedestrian HVE project. The objective was to determine the extent to which the observed increases in driver yielding obtained in the original study persisted over a follow-up period of nearly 4 years after the HVE intervention program ended. |
| Rosap ID | dot:2011 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/2011 |
| TRT Terms | Law enforcement; Right of way (Traffic); Pedestrians; Visibility; Yielding; Traffic safety; Crosswalks; Behavior |
| General Subjects | Culture change; persistence of program results; pedestrian decoy operations; pedestrian right-of-way enforcement; high-visibility enforcement; HVE; crosswalk safety; warning program; multifaceted pedestrian right-of-way enforcement; community feedback; yielding |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States; Florida |
| TRIS Online Accession No |
1629461 |
| Report Number | DOT HS 812 365 |
| Availability | NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Research |
| Resource type | Brief |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/61000/61500/61592/812365_tt_highvisibilityenfdrivercomppeds4yearfollowup_0.pdf |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |