The Model Impaired Driving Records Information Systems is
one small component of the National Model for the Statewide Application
of Data Collection & Management Technology to Improve Highway Safety (National
Model). The National Model and the Transportation Safety Information Management
System (TSIMS) are two broad-based data tracking systems with drunk driving
components.
The National Model was launched in 1997 when the State of Iowa, partnering
with the Federal Highway Administration, created a fully integrated safety
management system to make data collection for all roadway incidents, not
just those involving drunk driving, easier, faster and more accurate. Data,
which can be collected with Traffic and Criminal Software (TraCS), is available
for local use simultaneously with the electronic transfer to the statewide
files. Local staffs can analyze the data the same day it is collected, as
opposed to the months it took previously, start to finish, to enter all
required data and mail all documents to the proper authorities.
More general still is the TSIMS, a program sponsored by AASHTO (American
Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials) on behalf of
its member organizations. The goal of TSIMS is to develop a common information
management infrastructure to support state and local traffic safety information
management requirements. TSIMS is an information system designed to facilitate
the capture, storage, management, retrieval and analysis of the data that
comprise a comprehensive traffic records system at a state and/or local
level. |
