OBSERVANCE OF TRAFFIC BROADCASTS. PART 1: ANALYSIS OF THE DEMAND FOR ROAD WEATHER AND WARNING SERVICES

BEACHTUNGSQUOTE VON VERKEHRSDURCHSAGEN. 1. TEIL: BEDARFSANALYSE FUER DEN STRASSENWETTER- UND WARNDIENST.

THE DEMAND ANALYSIS WAS UNDERTAKEN TO OBTAIN A QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE POPULATION SUB-GROUP FOR WHICH TRAFFIC NEWS IS RELEVANT, AND TO ESTABLISH POTENTIAL GROUPS OF LISTENERS. THE PROCEDURE CONSISTED IN TAKING A REPRESENTATIVE RANDOM SAMPLE OF WEST GERMAN DRIVERS BY MEANS OF PERSONAL INTERVIEWS. IT WAS ESTABLISHED THAT TRAFFIC NEWS BROADCASTS HAVE A SIGNIFICANT FUNCTION WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF INFORMATION ASSIMILATION OF DRIVERS, A FACT WHICH IS PRINCIPALLY BORNE OUT BY THE HIGH LEVEL OF AWARENESS OF THE BROADCASTS.