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This is a booklet with colorful photos and graphics depicting the lessons learned in a NHTSA-funded grassroots program to determine the best ways to increase booster seat use by older child passengers.  Local safety practitioners in five communities around the U.S. conducted the program beginning in fiscal year 2001.  Full color, 8.5" x 11", 40 pages.

Passing a stopped school bus with red lights flashing and stop arms extended is a serious and widespread problem.  NHTSA sponsored four demonstration programs to illustrate what works and what does not work to solve this problem.  This guide provides detailed background information on the nature of the problem; a model program including goals, partners, program activities, and program administration; and a brief description of programs and innovative activities around the country that have addressed the problem of illegally passing school buses. 8.5" x 11", full color, 88 Pages.

THE BLUEPRINT FOR ENDING DISTRACTED DRIVING lays out a plan for building on the progress we’ve made to date—and arms safety partners, advocates, and the Nation’s future leaders with clear, forward-thinking strategies.

http://www.distraction.gov/download/campaign-materials/8747-811629-060712-v5-Opt1-Web-tag.pdf 

This report describes the design and results of a project aimed at estimating the rate that drivers refuse to submit to a legally-requested breath alcohol concentration test, and the effect of such refusals on the prosecution of DWI cases. The study found the mean refusal rate to be 21% in 39 jurisdictions providing data, a very small change from that found in prior studies. The study did not indicate a clear relationship between refusing a BAC test and the probability of conviction for DWI/DUI across five local study sites. Generally, the case studies suggested that the difference in conviction rate between refusers and compliers was quite small. Refusers who were convicted, however, consistently received greater penalties than non-refusers who were convicted.

http://www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/nti/pdf/811551.pdf