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United States driver-behaviour regulation, as one record

Federal rulemaking, state traffic-safety statutes with their effective dates, and consensus standards, assembled into a single structured record. Each federal rule cites the Federal Register; each state law links to its official statute; each standard names its issuing body.

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federal rules
78
state statutes
701
standards
241
jurisdictions
51
1980s1990s2010s2020s
Figure 1. Dated state-law enactments by decade of effect. Enactment peaked in the 2000s, coinciding with the spread of 0.08 g/dL BAC limits, texting bans, and graduated licensing. The record holds 78 federal rules (1967–2025), 701 state statutes across 51 jurisdictions covering 24 regulated behaviours, and 241 consensus standards.

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Three registries

Each opens the searchable record, pre-filtered. The full set is plottable in the Explorer and listable in Browse.

  1. 01 Federal rules NHTSA, FMCSA, and FHWA rules, each cited to the Federal Register
  2. 02 State laws Per-jurisdiction traffic statutes, searchable by jurisdiction, behaviour, and year
  3. 03 Consensus standards ISO, SAE, UNECE, IIHS, and others: test procedures and type-approval

Regulated behaviours

20 behaviours under statute

Each opens the state-by-state record for that rule, with effective dates.

Handheld phone bans Texting bans DUI / BAC Ignition interlock Drug / cannabis per-se Open container Seatbelt / restraint Child restraint Motorcycle helmet Graduated licensing Move-over Speed cameras Red-light cameras Max posted speed Admin license revocation Repeat-DUI felony Lane splitting Bicyclist 3-foot passing Pedestrian crosswalk yield Drowsy driving

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