Should traffic enforcement be unpredictable? the case of red light cameras in Edmonton

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 955-961

  Tay, Richard ^a   De Barros, Alex ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Optimal Deployment Strategy; Red light cameras; Red Light Violations; Rotation scheme

Indexed keywords

DEPLOYMENT STRATEGY; DRIVER BEHAVIOUR; LOWER AVERAGE; OPTIMAL DEPLOYMENT; RED LIGHT CAMERAS; RED LIGHT VIOLATIONS; RED-LIGHT RUNNING; ROAD SAFETY; SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION; TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT; VIOLATION RATES;

OPTIMIZATION; ROADS AND STREETS; ROTATION;

CAMERAS;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNCERTAINTY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALBERTA; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 79952446326     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.11.022     Document Type: Article

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