Automated Enforcement : Get it Right, Make it Safe

• The focus lies on recommendations for policy makers in connection with the “enforcement chain” concept. In particular with automated enforcement (e.g. speed and red light cameras) this chain concept is crucial: if one link is not effective or efficient, enforcement is compromised and road safety is negatively affected. The automated enforcement chain consists of a dozen links from detection and measurement to fine collection and/or court proceedings. It also includes basic issues such as vehicle registration and readability of license plates. Many counties struggle to get the wide range of multi-disciplinary aspects of the enforcement chain right and are thus not able to optimise their enforcement and improve road safety.Key bottlenecks in the automated enforcement chain can be found e.g. whenthe legal and operational framework and its capacity are not in place for dealing with automated traffic enforcement and the resulting huge volumes of traffic violationsthe license plate/vehicle owner and/or driving license administration are not in orderinadequate requirements for the legal integrity of evidence and equipment homologationticket processing, issuance and fine collection are ineffective and inefficientauthorities argue over ticket revenue and funding of road safety investments e.g. enforcement equipmentpolitical and administrative support for automated traffic enforcement are waveringpublic support suffers because the background, results and road safety benefits of enforcement are not properly communicated through various media.

Subject headings

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Juridik -- Juridik och samhälle (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Law -- Law and Society (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Enforcement

Traffic regulations

Automatic

845 Road: Traffic law enforcement

845 Road: Traffic law enforcement

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Publication and Content Type

vet (subject category)

kon (subject category)