I include slides and notes from a presentation I gave to the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) South East England branch at the Holiday Inn Hotel, Gatwick on 21st May 2013
Round where I live, speed limits on many rural roads have been reduced with the aim of improving safety. However, all the local highway authority does is put up speed limit signs without any other speed reduction measures. Experience suggests that this is insufficient and many drivers simply ignore these new speed limits. Hardly very safe
So this prompted me to do some research into the psychology of driver behaviour, for example why we speed, and if using this information could help road designers and highway authorities provide safer roads through a mix of measures - not relying solely on reducing speed limits
For this presentation I carried out a speed survey and local residents' survey of a recent speed reduction scheme in West Sussex (see below) and obtained some interesting results
I hope you'll find this presentation interesting and informative. Certainly for me, carrying out this research has opened my eyes - I only wish it would also open the eyes of my local councillors who decide our local speed limits... |
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