Legal and administrative measures to support police enforcement of traffic rules. The "Escape" Project, Deliverable 5. Project funded by the European Commission under the Transport RTD Programme of the 4th Framework Programme.

This report addresses the question of how legal and administrative systems may support the operation or effectiveness of the total system of traffic law enforcement. In this first chapter we present road safety and traffic enforcement as the efforts of several interlinked organisations and subsequently we discuss the possible meanings of the term “support” for police enforcement. Chapter 2 provides an introduction to the various links in the traffic law enforcement chain. In Chapter 3 we address issues concerning the effectiveness of different links in the legislative system to help traffic law enforcement. In Chapter 4 different forms of administrative support (administrative law, point system, licence revocation) for traffic law enforcement are discussed. A specific support for traffic law enforcement focuses on preventing recidivism. The special rehabilitation programs that have been developed for this purpose are discussed in Chapter 5. In Chapter 6 general conclusions are drawn and recommendations are offered for improving the system of traffic law enforcement. (Author/publisher) For an overview off all working papers and deliverables of the ESCAPE project, see http://virtual.vtt.fi/virtual/proj6/escape/deliver.ht