Version 2.07 - 05/30/02
PROVIDING
NATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN THE PROMOTION OF
HIGHWAY & TRAFFIC SAFETY INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Vision:
To provide national leadership in the design, development, and implementation
of integrated highway and traffic safety records information systems.
Mission:
NHTSA’S Traffic Records and Driver Licensing Team’s mission is to
provide national leadership in the design, development and implementation
of integrated highway and traffic safety records information systems.
The Team’s mission, as well, is to provide national leadership and
guidance in the development of uniform laws and ordinances pertaining
to the licensing of novice drivers and to promote the enactment
of Graduated Driver Licensing systems for the young driver.
Goals:
To develop and direct a national program
effort for establishing integrated highway and traffic safety records
systems in states to be characterized by high standards of data
collection and an expanded role for traffic records data as a management
tool for highway safety program decision making, research, and evaluation
activities.
To assist our customers in assessing the
quality, needs, and uses of their current traffic records data systems
and components; to provide appropriate tools and resources to enable
them to carry out planning, development, and evaluative activities.
- TECHNICAL STANDARDS FOR HIGHWAY
AND TRAFFIC SAFETY INFORMATION SYSTEMS
To develop and promote, in concert with
our partners, technical standards for data collection, analytic
methods, and highway safety program applications.
- COLLABORATION & COOPERATION
To expand our participation in collaborative
and cooperative efforts with other DOT Offices, the states, and
with public and private organizations to ensure that the traffic
records and highway safety communities stay informed of technology
advances and involved in the development and application of model
traffic records data systems.
To
promote uniformity of traffic and driver licensing laws and driver
control policies and practices.
Purpose:
To provide a service for customers,
primarily states and highway safety organizations; to provide a
gateway for highway safety researchers by means of links, both direct
and indirect. This activity supports our role & responsibility
to provide national leadership in the development, improvement and
usefulness of highway and traffic safety records.
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