GAMES SPEEDERS PLAY

The article discusses the conflict between those charged with maintaining safety on the highways and drivers who regularly exceed speed limits. The battle is fought on two fronts: the technological and psychological. The combination of technological advances in enforcement with an active public relations campaign seems to offer the best hope of winning on both fronts for traffic safety professionals. The use of detectors to detect police detectors is discussed. A new device is described that is based on a combination of conventional radar and large camera with telephoto lens and is mounted in the back of a small truck or station wagon parked in an area where speeding is a problem. The legality of presuming the owner was the driver at the time of the traffic violation is also discussed. Speed limits need to be realistsic if drivers are expected to comply with them.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Malone, M
• Publication Date: 1990-5

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 16-19
• Serial:
  • Traffic Safety (Washington)
  • Volume: 90
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Detectors; Highway safety; Radar devices; Speed limits; Speeding
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00496399
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 31 1990 12:00AM