Drivers’ perceptions and reactions to roadside memorials

Analysis of the influence of urban rail stations on neighbourhood crime

“…However, this method is often criticized for its lack of control of other factors that may also influence performance. Hence, a comparison group is often used to account for the influences of other factors (Mishra & Tay, 2010;Shen & Gan, 2003;Tay, 2009;Tay, Churchill, & de Barros, 2011;Wong, Sze, Hong, Hung, & Loo, 2005;Wong et al, 2006).…”

“…On the other hand, if K is more than one, then we will conclude that the number of crimes in the treatment group has increased relative to the comparison group. To test whether the ratio is statistically different from one, we can utilize the log-ratio test (Agresti, 1990;Tay, 2009). Let κ = log(K), then the test statistics z = κ/σ has a standard normal distribution, where…”

“…Let the number of crimes in the treatment group be α and β during the before and after period, respectively, and the corresponding number of crimes in the comparison group be δ and γ . In order to discover whether the number of crimes in the treatment group has increased relative to the comparison group, we need to compute the k-ratio (PIARC, 2003;Tay, 2009) …”

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“…MindTrek '11, September 28-30, 2011 indeed some preliminary evidence suggests they may in fact encourage drivers to drive slower and be more observant of traffic signalling, at least in the short term [15]. Until more substantive and longitudinal studies occur current policies against roadside memorials are unlikely to be altered, which provides sufficient motivation for the research question, whether a locative virtual memorial service could designed to meet the needs of the bereaved and those bodies responsible for roads.…”

“…The general style of roadside memorials is much more informal representing both collective and individual grieving, which appears common within these more spontaneous acts [9]. As these memorials have increased in number, so have concerns amongst those people responsible for maintaining roads and certain sections of public spaces [15] that these memorials may be distracting for drivers, which has led to some adopting policies to remove these memorials [2,3,6]. However, there appears to be little research into the validity of this argument and Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page.…”