OBJECTIVE 5:  Solicit cooperation, support, and leadership of traffic safety stakeholders.

Strategy 1:  Provide information and training for traffic court judges and prosecutors.

Support and leadership of traffic court judges and prosecutors is essential to ensure that speeding violations are treated seriously and consistently.  Consistent treatment of speeding violations by the courts is crucial to defuse any public perception that speed limits are arbitrary or capricious.

Key Actions:

  • Provide speed management program training opportunities for judges and prosecutors through the American Bar Association, National Traffic Law Center, National Association of Prosecutor Coordinators, and National Judicial College.  (In progress)

  • Educate judges and prosecutors on the negative effects of speeding on the quality of life in their communities.  (In progress)

  • Develop sentencing guidelines and training for judges and prosecutors who handle speeding violations to ensure and promote consistent treatment of violators.  (Planned, 1 year)

Strategy 2:   Promote speed management as a public policy priority.

Working cooperatively with traffic safety organizations and groups can make more effective use of limited resources and win support for reducing speeding-related crashes.

Key Actions:

  • Create a network of key partners and health professionals to carry the speed management message and leverage their resources to extend the reach and frequency of the speed management communication campaign.  (Planned, 1 year)

  • Target speed management initiatives at States and road types with the greatest opportunity for making a significant improvement.  (Planned, 1 year)

Strategy 3:   Promote a balanced and integrated speed management program.

Engineering, education, and enforcement all have roles to play in combating excessive speed. Reductions in speeding-related fatalities and injuries must be achieved by working with the state and local authorities who are responsible for implementing measures to manage speed.

Key Actions:

  • Conduct a series of speed limit setting and enforcement demonstration projects that integrate engineering, education, and enforcement.  (In progress)

  • Develop and pilot test a Speed Management Program Implementation Guide, based on the best practices identified through the speed limit setting and enforcement demonstration projects, to aid States and local communities in implementing a holistic, balanced and effective program.  (Planned, 1 year)

  • Provide a Speed Management Workshop Guide to enhance communications and cooperation among the engineering, enforcement, judicial and public policy partners.  (In progress)

  • Train facilitators to conduct speed management workshops for States and local communities.  (In progress)

  • Promote speed management workshops through the FHWA and FMCSA Divisions, Resources Centers, NHTSA Regional Offices, State DOT Engineering Offices, State Highway Safety Offices, and Local Technical Assistance Program centers.  (In progress)