THE EFFECTS OF POLICE SURVEILLANCE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ON DRIVER BEHAVIOUR

Police surveillance and enforcement activities can have a significant effect on the compliance of traffic rules and regulations. The extent to which road users are influenced by traffic law enforcement depends on the strategies used in police surveillance and on the efficiency of the punitive system. Although police surveillance can have limited and transient effects, the punitive system does not seem able to cope with the demands of the traffic system. Alternative approaches to traffic behaviour control are suggested that could have far greater impact on the behaviour of road users. (Author/TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • Rothengatter, T
• Publication Date: 1982

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 349-358
• Serial:
  • Current Psychological Reviews
  • Volume: 2
  • Publisher: Praeger Publishers
  • ISSN: 0144-3895

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Behavior; Compliance; Drivers; Driving; Economic efficiency; Improvements; Law enforcement; Measures of effectiveness; Police; Police traffic services; Research reports; Surveillance; Traffic law enforcement; Traffic surveillance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness; Efficiency; Modifications
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• ITRD Terms: 2267: Attitude (psychol); 9001: Behaviour; 1855: Driving (veh); 5911: Efficiency; 1534: Enforcement (law); 9108: Improvement; 9048: Modification; 8078: Netherlands; 1522: Police; 8559: Research report; 9101: Surveillance
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I73: Traffic Control; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00379235
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 1984 12:00AM