Research Studies & Reports

DMV’s Research & Development Branch has been conducting research and producing studies and reports since the 1950s. Research & Development reports help DMV to measure the impact of new laws on making drivers safer. We also identify areas where we can improve our processes, explore new approaches to solving existing problems, and branch out into new opportunities to serve you better. 

Request printed copies of studies and reports by mail at:

Department of Motor Vehicles
Research and Development Branch
2415 1st Ave. Mail Station: F-126
Sacramento, CA 95818
(916) 914-8125

Please include the report number, the number of copies requested, and your name, address, and phone number.

393 Results

Report ID Date Published Title Section Links
NRN087 1996/ 04

Older Drivers with Medical Impairments: Identification and Evaluation

By: Mary K. Janke

To give an overview of DMV's reexamination process for drivers with medical conditions, as well as other aspects of DMV's P&M (physical or mental impairment) program. To describe a federally funded pilot study to develop a battery of tests for identifying and evaluating the impaired older driver.

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NRN060 1993/ 01

New Technology for an Old Problem: A Report on a Prospective Study to Evaluate a Simulator-Based Approach to Driver Licensing

By: Raymond C. Peck & J. Wachtel

To develop and present a cooperative strategy and research design for evaluating the use of the Atari Games Corporation (AGC) interactive simulator as an adjunct to traditional driver license road testing.

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94 1985/ 03

Negligent-Operator Treatment Evaluation System – Progress Report

By: Marsh

To describe the Negligent Operator Treatment Evaluation System (NOTES) and the Negligent Operator program elements, as it is currently implemented, which NOTES is designed to evaluate, to and describe the progress on the evaluation system itself

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117.1 1988/ 12

Negligent-Operator Treatment Evaluation System – Program Effectiveness Report S4 (Detailed Findings)

By: William C. Marsh

To implement and maintain an automated on-line evaluation system for monitoring the effectiveness of the negligent-operator (neg-op) program and to issue periodic reports which present program cost and impact data for this program.

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137.1 1992/ 12

Negligent-Operator Treatment Evaluation System – Program Effectiveness Report No. 6 (Detailed Findings)

By: William C. Marsh

To implement and maintain an automated on-line evaluation system for monitoring the effectiveness of the negligent-operator (neg-op) program and to issue periodic reports which present program cost and impact data for this program.

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102 110 115 117 128 137 2020/ 04

Negligent-Operator Treatment Evaluation System (NOTES): Program Effectiveness Reports

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153 1995/ 05

NEGLIGENT-OPERATOR TREATMENT EVALUATION SYSTEM

By: William C. Marsh and Erin J. Healey

This report is the last in a series which originally began with the creation of the Post Licensing Control Reporting and Evaluation System (PLCRES) in 1976 and extended in 1983 by a modified version of that system (Negligent Operator Treatment Evaluation System). The present report is being issued as an internal technical report of the Department of Motor Vehicles' Research and Development Section rather than an official report of the State of California. The findings and opinions may therefore not represent the views and policies of the State of California.

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IM3 1981/ 06

Multiple Sales Use Tax Survey

By: David W. Carpenter

To determine loss in use tax resulting from unreported vehicle transfers.

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NRN013 1988/ 06

Multiple License Study: Technical Appendix to AB 3262 Report

By: Karen J. Chan & Marvin Hanely

In compliance with Assembly Bill 3262 (Katz), to (1) estimate the number of Class 1 and 2 (heavy commercial vehicle) drivers with more than one driver license or with an X-record on file that had not been matched to the driver, (2) perform a point-count and DUI-conviction analysis of Class 1 and 2 drivers with multiple records and estimate how much worse they would look, in terms of accidents and convictions, if their separate records were combined, and (3) analyze license class types as a byproduct of the sampling design.

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NRN018 1973/ 11

Modifying Negligent Driving Behavior: Evaluation of Selected Driver Improvement Techniques, A Second Year Follow-up

By: William C. Marsh

To determine long-term effects of previously investigated treatments and provide decision information requested by the Legislative Analyst's Office.

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