Test 2. Traffic Enforcement

Question 1

What are the benefits of selective traffic enforcement?

Answer 1

> Leads to a reduction in the annual death toll, injuries, and economic losses associated with traffic accidents

Question 2

What is the definition of the following term:

“Traffic enforcement:

Answer 2

> Total Police efforts directed to obtain compliance with traffic regulations after other efforts have failed

Question 3

What are the key elements for the implementation of selective enforcement techniques?

Answer 3

1. Accurate and broad database of accidents and violations
2. Traffic Accident Analysis
3. Officer training in specialized enforcement techniques

Question 4

What are the methods for determining high-accident locations?

Answer 4

> Accident records should assist enforcement efforts by providing the date of incidents

>> Location (area), times, and causes

Question 5

What are methods to estimate and determine a vehicle’s speed?

Answer 5

> RADAR (Doppler Effect)

> VASCAR (Visual Average Speed Computer &
Recorder)

> LIDAR

> Pacing

Question 6

True or False:

Persons using speed detection must be certified by POST as peace officers and certified as speed detection operators.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

§ 40-14-8

Use in school and residential districts

(When case may be made and conviction had)

Answer 7

> No county, city, or campus officer can make a case using a speed detection device unless the vehicle’s speed exceeds the posted limit by more than 10 miles per hour.

> shall not apply in properly marked school zones one hour before, during, and one hour after the normal hours of school operation

Question 8

What are the four officer personalities?

Answer 8

1. Helpful Officer
2. Authoritarian officer
3. Aggressive Officer
4. Pacifying officer

Question 9

What are four driver personalities?

Answer 9

1. Cooperative driver
2. Blameless driver
3. Nonchalant driver
4. Hostile driver

Question 10

What are the enforcement actions?

Answer 10

1. Warning
2. Summons
3. Physical Arrests

Question 11

What are examples of verbal communication errors?

Answer 11

1. Being too abrupt
2. Being overly talkative
3. Being judgemental
4. Negative tone of voice
5. Poor choice of words

Question 12

How many copies are made in the Uniform Traffic Citation (UTC), and who receives one?

Answer 12

> 1 original & 4 copies
> Court copy – “Original”
> Department of Public Safety copy
> Issuing department copy
> Violator copy “Yellow”
> Officer copy