A TASTE OF DISCIPLINE: BRAZIL'S ELECTRONIC ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS

Traffic accidents are responsible for approximately 100,000 deaths per year in Latin America. A third of these occur in Brazil. The new Brazilian Highway Code (BHC) of 1998 established stiffer fines for traffic offences and a points system for multiple offenders. The use of electronic enforcement (EE) has been adopted by major Brazilian cities. The principal types of EE used in Brazil are mobile radars, fixed radars, red-light running sensors. Most use wet film and loop detectors. Electronic speed humps are used for speed control at specific critical points. The number of accidents and traffic-related deaths in Sthiso Paulo, Campinas, Brasilia, Salvador and Sthiso Bernardo do Campo has been greatly reduced. Changes in behaviour needed to be continually enforced as removal of electronic speed-humps resulted in an increase in the number of accidents and deaths.

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• Authors:
  • CANNELL, A
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 65-9
• Serial:
  • Traffic Technology International
  • Publisher: AutoIntermediates Limited
  • ISSN: 1356-9252
  • Serial URL: http://www.ukipme.com/mag_traffic.htm

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashes; Electronics; Radar; Safety; Sensors; Speed; Speed control; Statistics; Video cameras
• Geographic Terms: Brazil
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 8012: Brazil; 6750: Camera; 6965: Electronics; 6738: Radar; 1665: Safety; 6120: Sensor; 5408: Speed; 2833: Speed control (struct elem); 6555: Statistics
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00824187
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Feb 6 2002 12:00AM