Evaluation of Deterrent Impact of Ontario's Street Racing and Stunt Driving Law on Extreme Speeding Convictions

Abstract

These findings are congruent with deterrence theory that certain, swift, and severe sanctions can deter risky driving behavior and support the hypothesis that legal sanctions can have an impact on the extreme speeding convictions of the intervention group.

Drivers’ experiences during floods: Investigating the psychological influences underpinning decisions to avoid driving through floodwater

“…Thus, persuasive messages that highlight the responsibility for safety, both of self and others, may prove useful in forming positive attitudes toward avoiding driving through floodwater. In addition, creating financial costs, which may elicit attitude change by targeting the beliefs of car damage and rescue efforts, has been shown to influence behaviour (Brubacher et al, 2014;Meirambayeva et al, 2014). It might therefore be useful to create public awareness that many insurance companies are not obliged to pay claims for damages sustained while deliberately driving through floodwater to highlight the advantage of an undamaged car (Gissing et al, 2016).…”

The lived experience of rescuing people who have driven into floodwater: Understanding challenges and identifying areas for providing support

“…The participants suggested strategies including larger financial penalties or consequences for those driving on closed roads, the use of new technologies to block the road such as barricades that respond to rising water and greater police presence during flood events. Implementing or increasing the severity of fines has been found to provide a deterrence effect for other risky behaviours such as speeding, and have also been found to significantly decrease road incidents and fatalities in some instances . Because the potential to increase police presence at flooded roads is limited, we suggest that installing fixed driver behaviour cameras in flood‐prone areas or the use of mobile camera vehicles may be an effective means of deterrence.…”

Use of secondary data analyses in research: Pros and Cons

“…Finally, secondary data can be administrative data, that is, offi cial records, such as hospital or police records. For example, the impact of new stunt driving legislation using stunt driving charges and collision casualty statistics, identifi ed a decrease in charges and collision casualties among young males after the 2007 street racing legislation was introduced [12,13]. In addition, different types of secondary data can complement each other.…”