PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE FAULT SYSTEM AS COMPARED WITH THE NO-FAULT SYSTEM OF AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE

IT IS CONTENDED THAT ABANDONMENT OF THE FAULT PRINCIPLE WOULD INCREASE HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; THAT FAULT IS BASIC TO THE MAINTENANCE OF A VIABLE LEGAL SYSTEM OF TORT LAW AND THAT ITS REMOVAL WOULD REWARD INNOCENT AND GUILTY ALIKE. RESEARCH IS REPORTED ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE ACCIDENT PROBLEM: THAT ACCIDENTS RESULT FROM FAULTY DRIVING PRIMARILY RATHER THAN FROM VEHICLE DEFECTS; THAT FEAR OF SELF-INJURY IS NOT A MAJOR DETERRENT; THE PLACE OF ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND FATIGUE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS OF DRIVER BEHAVIOR; HOW GROUP EXPECTATION AFFECT INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR; THE DETERRENT EFFECT OF THE FAULT SYSTEM AS COMPARED TO A NO-FAULT SYSTEM; AND FACTORS AFFECTING ACCIDENT FREQUENCY. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT A NO-FAULT SYSTEM WOULD INCREASE ACCIDENTS. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 57 Pp, 111 REFS
• Corporate Authors:

  Defense Research Inst, Inc

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• Authors:
  • Lawton, L
• Publication Date: 1969

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile insurance; Behavior; Crash causes; Drivers; Faults; Systems analysis; Tort liability; Traffic crashes
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223291
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 26 1970 12:00AM