How to Make Selective Enforcement Work: Lessons from Completed Evaluations

Report No: 87-R15

Published in 1986

About the report:

Selective enforcement, the practice of targeting specific traffic offenses which figure prominently in the crash problems experienced by a community, is an integral part of practically every traffic safety program. The purpose of this report was to summarize the findings of several evaluations of selective enforcement projects and to propose a series of steps that might aid successful implementation of such projects.

Documents

87-R15

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Authors

Jack D. Jernigan

Last updated: December 30, 2023