Develop and target specific education campaigns focused on judges and prosecutors, elected officials, law enforcement, corporations, and engineers to educate them on the inherent dangers of driving too fast or too slow for conditions. An effective and efficient program to address speeding as a highway safety issue requires better definition and understanding of speeding and its management. It is important to identify any specific characteristics or traits that can be used to target drivers and situations where there is increased risk. Detailed information on why these drivers speed can be used to develop more effective countermeasures. Voluntary compliance with speed limits can also be improved through on-going development of new speed management technologies.
Objectives Better define the speed problem.
Develop advanced technologies to address speed including variable speed limit systems, vehicle-based radar warning systems, and less labor intensive methods of speed enforcement. Promising approaches should be tested and demonstrated. Examine the effect of fines and sanctions on habitual offenders and explore the use of alternative techniques to increase compliance. Examine the effect of corporate policies which may encourage speeding and explore appropriate sanctions. Analyze the effects of road design, the vehicle and the environment on safe operating speeds.