As a means of determining public opinion on specific traffic safety issues, a public opinion survey was conducted. The survey consisted of a mail survey sent to 4,500 licensed drivers. Opinions on such issues as a primary seat belt law, prohibiting cell phones while driving, more regulation of truck driver training, and changes to the current graduated driver license program were obtained. The most support was for legislation which would regulate training at commercial truck driving schools and would require the state to administer all tests for a truck driver to obtain a commercial drivers license. There was also strong support for designating funds to be used for high school driver education, requiring motorcyclists to wear a helmet, retesting high risk drivers, various changes to the graduated driver licensing procedure, prohibiting riding in the bed of a pickup on public roads, and prohibiting the use of cell phones while driving. (Author/publisher)
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