Legislative purpose in highway law, an analysis

The statute of every state of the nation, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico were studied. The study deals with express legislative declarations of purpose concerning activities in the highway field encompassing the following: (1) the assembly and analysis of statutory provisions which involve a legislative policy or purpose relative to highway activities, (2) the assembly and analysis of judicial decisions in which such provisions have played a part, and (3) the ascertainment and analysis of the substantive elements that should be considered in connection with legislation.