NCJ Number
92503
Date Published
1981
Length
270 pages
Annotation
These reports of the Education, Enforcement, and Court-related Issues Committees of the New York State Governor's Alcohol and Highway Safety Task Force offer recommendations pertaining to the creation of a public information and education program, enforcement efforts, and the role of the courts in processing persons charged with driving under the influence.
Abstract
The report of the Education Committee examines the current system of alcohol and highway safety public information and education in New York State, compares that system to the state-of-the-art, and suggests improvements that contain no new costs or new legislation. It includes suggestions for components of a statewide public information campaign and discusses the role of elementary, secondary, and higher education in alcohol and highway safety education. The report concludes with a description of a model for an alcohol and highway safety public information and education program, a discussion of two alternative systems of public information which are based on the model program, and several proposals for funding the components of the model program. The Enforcement Committee presents three models for statewide enforcement of driving under the influence: (1) improvements to the current system, (2) statewide random blitz model, and (3) a statewide specialized enforcement team model. The Committee on Court-related Issues concludes that there are few modifications that can significantly alter the court process to expedite the handling of DUI cases. The emphasis of the report is on the need to differentiate the criminal nature of the charge from the administrative action which results.