GPSTC Traffic Enforcement Test Questions With All Complete Solutions.
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the police have a responsibility to - Answer help ensure the safe and efficient movement of vehicles transporting people and goods on publicly traveled highways
the primary purpose of traffic laws and traffic law enforcement - Answer is to regulate traffic flow, reduce accidents and make s...
GPSTC Traffic Enforcement Test
Questions With All Complete Solutions.
the police have a responsibility to - Answer help ensure the safe and efficient movement of vehicles
transporting people and goods on publicly traveled highways
the primary purpose of traffic laws and traffic law enforcement - Answer is to regulate traffic flow,
reduce accidents and make streets and highways safer for drivers and pedestriants
long-range goal of enforcement - Answer is to increase the level of voluntary compliance to traffic
regulations
a successful traffic stop - Answer is one in which an officer does all in his power to provide a learning
opportunity for the driver
the main obstacle to a successf traffic stop is what? - Answer conflict
4 types of officer personalities - Answer 1. the helpful officer,
2. the authoritarian officer, 3. the aggressive officer
4. the placating or pacifying officer
the helpful officer - Answer -motivated by the need to help others
-main objective is to educate the driver by explaining that he committed a violation, thus reducing the
possibility that the driver will commit the voiolation again
-may issue a warning
-attitude is understanding, fair
the authoritarian officer - Answer -largely moviated by their extreme sense of responisbility to the
letter of the law
-sometimes enforce the law to the injury of justice- -their attude is "the law os the law"
, -they leave discretion to the courts
3 common traits of the authoritarian officer - Answer 1. they regard law and justice as being the same
instead of viewing the law as but one instrument of justice
2. they identify with middle class vaules to such an extent that they take violations of the law as personal
insulta
3. a tendency to favor one's ethinic group over others
the aggressive officer - Answer -have a good deal of pent-up anger steamming from the frustration of
wanting much more from life than they are getting
-motivation comes from the desire to even the score
-they explode periodically
-complaints received about these officers often invloved abusive language
the placating or placifying officer - Answer -are "professional nice guys" who basic needs in life are to
be liked and accepted
-they are liked not for who they are, but for how much they do to others
-they are unable to say no
-liked in the community
4 basic types of drivers - Answer 1. the cooperative driver
2. the blameless driver
3. the nonchalant driver
4. the hostile driver
the cooperative driver - Answer -knows what they did wrong and admits it
-are upset primarily with themselves and not the officer
-attitude is either positive or neutral and often assure the officer
the blameless driver - Answer -are insecure people who always see themselves as blameless
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