RULES OF THE ROAD RATED

• NCJ Number: 17252
• Author(s): E F KEARNEY
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 29 pages
• Contract Number(s): DOT-HS-107-3-696
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Admin
• Corporate Author: National Cmssn on Uniform Traffic Laws and Ordinances
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO; National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS COMMENTARY SHOWS HOW STATE TRAFFIC LAWS COMPARE WITH THE 'RULES OF THE ROAD' CHAPTER OF THE UNIFORM VEHICLE CODE.

Abstract

THIS COMMENTARY ATTEMPTS TO PROVIDE A MORE PRECISE PICTURE OF THE STATUS OF STATE TRAFFIC LAWS AS OF JANUARY 1, 1973, THAT WILL FACILITATE RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF PARTICULAR AREAS OF A STATE'S LAWS THAT MAY NOT BE IN SUBSTANTIAL CONFORMITY WITH THE CODE, INDICATE AREAS OF THE STATUTORY LAW WHERE UNIFORMITY MAY BE MARKEDLY POOR ON A NATIONWIDE BASIS, AND IDENTIFY STATES WHOSE TRAFFIC LAWS MAY NEED SUBSTANTIAL ATTENTION ON A PRIORITY BASIS AS PART OF CONTEMPORARY EFFORTS TO IMPROVE HIGHWAY SAFETY. THIS COMMENTARY UPDATES TWO PREVIOUS ONES PUBLISHED UNDER THE SAME TITLE IN 1970 AND IN 1972. THE STATES ARE RATED AND RANKED ACCORDING TO THEIR COMPLIANCE WITH OVER 150 'STATUTORY ANNOTATIONS' FROM 'TRAFFIC LAWS ANNOTATED' (1972 EDITION). (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)