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It may not be possible to sustain the gains in traffic safety that have been made in the past, or to achieve further gains, without improvements in the quality and utility of these data. The impetus to improve the quality and utility of state traffic records systems, in particular motor vehicle crash data, is undertaken against a backdrop of diminished resources and increased demands for those scarce resources.
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Field data collection hardware can include a portable or in-vehicle computer, global positioning system unit, magnetic stripe and/or bar code reader, and other technology as desired. The law enforcement officer using this tool would be able to link with state driver and vehicle data to complete sections of the crash report without having to reenter information that already exists electronically.
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The most successful crash records systems provide some form of sharing data, software, and/or hardware resources to local jurisdictions in exchange for improved data collection for their systems. • Develop a knowledge base for traffic records systems -- Examples of successful crash records systems have embraced the concept of a knowledge base to serve the highway and traffic safety community.
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