Citation

Carthy T, Packham D, Rhodes-Defty N, Salter D, Silcock D. Traffic Eng. Control 1993; 34(6): 315-318.

Affiliation

University of Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Hemming Group)

DOI

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PMID

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Abstract

The authors report on the results of a survey conducted to assess the respondents knowledge of road safety issues, their attitudes to traffic law enforcement and countermeasures that might be taken, and their general attitude to road safety issues. Since many of the measures designed to reduce road traffic accidents depend directly on the road-user for their success, it is vital that the attitudes of the road-user be understood so as to assist the introduction of successful and cost effective countermeasures. Will people comply with measures taken to improve road safety? Encouragement can be drawn from success with the use of seatbelts and the shift away from drinking and driving. Less encouraging is the widespread disregard for speed limits. This research probes the attitudes to road safety and to taking risks on the road which may explain why some countermeasures are effective and some are not.