LONG-DISTANCE TRUCKING: WHY DO TRUCKIES SPEED? PAPER PRESENTED AT THE AUSTRALASIAN TRANSPORT RESEARCH FORUM; PART 2

There is growing community concern that trucks on long distance hauls are increasingly exceeding the speed limits and exposing all road users to high levels of risk. This paper reports the preliminary results of an in depth survey with a pilot sample of long distance truck drivers designed to investigate the underlying factors precipitating the current circumstances on the road. The study suggests that the economic reward conditions of the industry play an important role in explaining the causes of on-road behaviour. (Author/TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  New South Wales Department of Transport

  GPO Box 1620
  Sydney, New South Wales,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • Hensher, D A
  • Battellino, H C
• Publication Date: 1990

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 537-554
• Serial:
  • Publication of: New South Wales Department of Transport
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: Pt 2
  • Publisher: New South Wales Department of Transport

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Conferences; Crash rates; Drivers; Economics; Freight transportation; Hazards; Risk assessment; Speeding; Traffic delays; Traffic violators; Transportation; Truck drivers
• Subject Areas: Economics; Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00609797
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• ISBN: 0-7305-7800-3
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1991 12:00AM