INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND TRAFFIC SAFETY - DRIVERS PERCEPTION AND ACCEPTANCE OF ELECTRONIC SPEED CHECKERS

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) can play an important role in reducing risks and increasing traffic safety. Discussion as to whether a technological approach or a behavioral approach is the right way to achieve a safer traffic environment forms a point of departure for this paper. A successful outcome of either approach has to be based on a high level of acceptance among potential users. In order to increase traffic safety, it is therefore essential to recognize driver motivation and attitudes. In this paper, the authors focus on drivers' attitudes towards risk, traffic safety and safety measures. A study of drivers' attitudes and acceptance of an electronic device for speed checking (which the drivers tested for nine months) indicated a high acceptance level. The drivers perceived that they had both become more aware of traffic regulations and behaved in accordance with safety regulations.

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• Authors:
  • Marell, A
  • WESTIN, K
• Publication Date: 1999-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 131-147
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0968-090X
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0968090X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver vehicle interfaces; Electronic equipment; Intelligent transportation systems; Perception; Speed detectors; Traffic safety
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00770361
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Oct 1 1999 12:00AM