In response to increasing highway speeds, the New York State Police undertook a comprehensive speed enforcement program focusing on interstates in the upstate region of New York. A special target was professional speeders, drivers who exceed the speed limit by the widest margins and are able to evade the police through the use of radar detectors and CB radios. The project provided for a structured implementation of ten different innovative and more traditional enforcement strategies and a comparison of the effectiveness and productivity of the strategies. In addition, the impact of increased speed enforcement on vehicle speed and crashes was assessed. Speeders tended to be male, under 35 years of age and driving passenger vehicles. In general, the strategies, such as aerial enforcement, that did not use radar were more effective and productive with professional speeders than strategies using radar. The exception was the single-Trooper radar operation called routine enforcement. Although the strategies involving the airplane had higher costs per ticket, such other benefits as general deterrence effects, should also be considered. The cost per ticket of even the most expensive strategy was still much less than the average fine collected from speeders.
Evaluation of the New York State Police 55 MPH Speed Enforcement Project
1989
140 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Road Transportation , Transportation Safety , Transportation & Traffic Planning , Transportation , Traffic law enforcement , Speed traps , Speed reduction , New York , Highway safety programs , Speed limits , Accident prevention , Traffic law violations , Speed control , Speed sensors , Driver attitudes , Radar , Aerial surveillance
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