Public Acceptability of Highway Safety Countermeasures. Volume 2, Safe Driving Conformance Research

NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Researchhttps://doi.org/10.21949/15250681981PDFResearch PaperVayda, AndreaCrespi, IrvingMathematica Policy Research, Inc.United States. National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationUnited States. National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationUnited StatesSpeedingHighway safetyCountermeasuresPublic opinionHigh risk driversSpeed limitsSpeed measurementDemographicsStatisticsDOT-HS-805-971NTIS-PB82110420DOT-HS-6-01466Final reportThis volume is part of a larger study providing information about public attitudes towards proposed highway safety countermeasures in three program areas: alcohol and drugs, unsafe driving behaviors, and pedestrian safety. Topic areas discussed in this volume include Speed Limit Acceptance, Speed Detection Methods, and Dangerous and Negligent Driving. For each proposed countermeasure, results from the public survey provide measures of opinion, acceptability, and perceived effectiveness. The relationship of various demographic factors (e.g., age, sex, education, income, etc.) to countermeasure acceptance and perceived effectiveness is also reported. Issues such as perceived effectiveness, perceived safety benefits, potential for public resistance, legal problems, and ideological perspectives emerged as the dimensions along which members of special interest groups evaluated each of the proposed countermeasures. Perspectives on reactions to countermeasures in other program areas can be found in Volume III for Alcohol and Drug Research and in Volume IV for Pedestrian Safety. Volume I of this report describes the research methodology, while Volume V (Summary Report) concisely summarizes the principal results of each of the detailed countermeasure reports and provides guidelines for successful implementation of highway safety countermeasures. /Abstract from report summary page/129