Cfrgtkky

I am trying to indent a whole paragraph to the right of a numbered box. However, the paragraph does not appear vertically aligned with the box. I am using the below code:

documentclass[journal,onecolumn]{IEEEtran}

usepackage{amsmath} % for boxed{}

usepackage{mathtools} % also loads amsmath



begin{document}

boxed{textbf{R1.1}} 



setlength{leftskip}{1.45cm}

noindent textit{The central goal of the SHRP 2 Safety research program was 

to address the role of driver performance and behavior in traffic safety. 

This included developing an understanding of how the driver interacts with 

and adapts to the vehicle, traffic environment, roadway characteristics, 

traffic control devices, and the environment. It also included assessing the 

changes in collision risk associated with each of these factors and 

interactions. This information will support the development of new and 

improved countermeasures with greater effectiveness.}



setlength{leftskip}{0pt}



end{document}

If the paragraph is supposed to be put next to the box, an immediate solution would be to use command llap, which suppresses the width of the box:

documentclass[journal,onecolumn]{scrartcl}

usepackage{amsmath} % for boxed{}

usepackage{mathtools} % also loads amsmath



begin{document}

setlength{leftskip}{1.45cm}



noindent%

llap{%

    boxed{normalfonttextbf{R1.1}}%

    hspace{1em}%

}%

textit{%

    The central goal of the SHRP 2 Safety research program was 

    to address the role of driver performance and behavior in traffic safety. 

    This included developing an understanding of how the driver interacts with 

    and adapts to the vehicle, traffic environment, roadway characteristics, 

    traffic control devices, and the environment. It also included assessing the 

    changes in collision risk associated with each of these factors and 

    interactions. This information will support the development of new and 

    improved countermeasures with greater effectiveness.

}



setlength{leftskip}{0pt}

end{document}

However, a better solution would be using lists. For this, enumitem is a very handy package for manipulating lengths involved in itemize, enumerate or description environments:

documentclass[journal,onecolumn]{scrartcl}

usepackage{amsmath} % for boxed{}

usepackage{mathtools} % also loads amsmath

usepackage{enumitem}

begin{document}

begin{description}[leftmargin=1.45cm, labelwidth=1.2cm, labelsep=2.5mm]

item[boxed{normalfonttextbf{R1.1}}]

    The central goal of the SHRP 2 Safety research program was 

    to address the role of driver performance and behavior in traffic safety. 

    This included developing an understanding of how the driver interacts with 

    and adapts to the vehicle, traffic environment, roadway characteristics, 

    traffic control devices, and the environment. It also included assessing the 

    changes in collision risk associated with each of these factors and 

    interactions. This information will support the development of new and 

    improved countermeasures with greater effectiveness.

end{description}

end{document}