There have been many reports of motorists using the lack of traffic on the roads during the Covid19 lockdown to flout the speed limits and now with more traffic back on the roads there is a danger that some may continue to drive at excessive speeds even after things are back to ‘normal’.
Behavioural Science in transportation (understanding the behaviour and motivations of transport users such as motorists and rail commuters etc) is a fascinating subject which plays a big part in the engineering and design of roads and their ‘furniture’ in an attempt to gently persuade drivers to modify their driving behaviour to something more appropriate.
There are many such psychological tactics in place to combat speeding but could we be doing more? What other engineering solutions could be implemented to stop excessive speeding? How do different countries tackle speeding on their roads? What could we learn from them?
Youngsters can get reduced insurance if they install Telematics.
The youngsters that TWOC cars, rag them around and get into police chase need dealing with far more robustly.
The narrative that is pushed is that everybody are bad drivers which is so far from the truth when you factor in how many millions of miles are driven every day without incident, in fact some drivers are extremely good having been professionally trained on the track and skid pans etc.
Many drivers, mainly men, really enjoy driving and engage totally with the experience and the vehicle, others just do it as a means to an end and do not engage at all and are mentally in a completely different place.
Speed does not kill, it is only a part of the equation and a small part at that.
Youngsters can get reduced insurance if they install Telematics.
The youngsters that TWOC cars, rag them around and get into police chase need dealing with far more robustly.
The narrative that is pushed is that everybody are bad drivers which is so far from the truth when you factor in how many millions of miles are driven every day without incident, in fact some drivers are extremely good having been professionally trained on the track and skid pans etc.
Many drivers, mainly men, really enjoy driving and engage totally with the experience and the vehicle, others just do it as a means to an end and do not engage at all and are mentally in a completely different place.
Speed does not kill, it is only a part of the equation and a small part at that.
