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What could be done to combat speeding on our roads?



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? 

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  • Soon after I started driving I also started riding a moped, and for a while I was driving it into Central London every day. I heartily recommend it, provided you survive, as a way of learning how to look ahead and anticipate other drivers' behaviour - otherwise you die!! I still, when approaching a side road where a car is waiting to pull out, automatically watch the drivers eyes to see if they've seen me. There's another good challenge for an AI vision system, to identify and alert when other drivers are being inattentive!
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  • Soon after I started driving I also started riding a moped, and for a while I was driving it into Central London every day. I heartily recommend it, provided you survive, as a way of learning how to look ahead and anticipate other drivers' behaviour - otherwise you die!! I still, when approaching a side road where a car is waiting to pull out, automatically watch the drivers eyes to see if they've seen me. There's another good challenge for an AI vision system, to identify and alert when other drivers are being inattentive!
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