POLICE OBSERVATION PLATFORMS ON MOTORWAYS

These observation platforms, designed for off-the-road parking of police vehicles, have two main purposes: To provide vantage points where police vehicles could stop off the carriageway and hard shoulder to improve surveillance of traffic flows and behavior and to make the police presence more conspicuous to drivers using the motorways, thereby improving the standard of driving and reducing the likelihood of accidents. This article covers the history of experimental platform provision, an experiment involving modified platforms, and criteria for platform sitting, spacing, layout, and construction.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Home Office, Police Research Service Branch

  Horseferry House, Deanryle Street
  London SW1,   England 
• Authors:
  • Southgate, J R
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Pagination: 8 p.
• Serial:
  • Police Research Bulletin
  • Publisher: Home Office, Police Research Service Branch
  • ISSN: 0556-056X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: All terrain vehicles; Behavior; Drivers; Police traffic direction; Police vehicles; Traffic surveillance
• Old TRIS Terms: Platforms
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00141750
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Criminal Justice Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 4 1977 12:00AM