Negligent operator program costs and effectiveness. Periodic status report 6: Post licensing control reporting and evaluation system.

The Post Licensing Control Reporting and Evaluation System (PLCRES) provides a continually updated series of reports on the costs and safety impacts of components of the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) negligent operator program. The PLCRES system was implemented in response to legislative concern over the cost and benefits of the negligent operator program and the department's desire for rigorous program evaluation data. Recent status reports have not shown favourable cost-benefit figures for some of the program structure by DMV management. As a result, a new post licensing control system has been designed in an effort to increase program effectiveness. Because the existing program configuration is being phased out, the present status report is much briefer than prior PLCRES reports. The Legislative Analyst's Office concurred with the department's decision that an extensive final report was not justified given the fact than the negligent operator program structure was to undergo a radical revamping. A new evaluation system will be developed to provide ongoing effectiveness data on the restructured negligent operator program. The reader is referred to the prior reports for a complete description of the PLCRES reporting system and the procedures, methods, and statistical techniques used in the present report. The present data includes subjects entering from March, 1980 to September, 1981. (Author). See also B 18342.