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Enforcement in (near) future- issues to be addressed

Enforcement in (near) future- issues to be addressed. ESCAPE symposium 02-12- 2003. Content. Short overview recommendations Lessons from Escape on enforcement Speed Alcohol Safety belts Conclusions. EU recommendations. Target 50% less fatalities by 2010

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Enforcement in (near) future- issues to be addressed

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  1. Enforcement in (near) future- issues to be addressed ESCAPE symposium 02-12- 2003

  2. Content • Short overview recommendations • Lessons from Escape on enforcement • Speed • Alcohol • Safety belts • Conclusions

  3. EU recommendations • Target 50% less fatalities by 2010 • Enforcement target: 25% reduction (14.071 fatalities) • Safety level within EU 1:3 (Short-term police enforcement/long term infrastructure) • Reasoning: it is not the national laws/rules that make the difference but the level of enforcement • Proposed measures based on experiences in SUN countries

  4. Proposed measures (C/B) • Drink driving 3.8 – 8 : 1 • Speed 5 - 6.8 : 1 • Seatbelt 10 - 13 : 1

  5. ESCAPE Issues in alcohol enforcement • How to target the heavy drinker (Also in SUN still a major problem) • What alternatives are there for financial punishments: how effective? • When to use an alcohol interlock and/or rehabilitation programs (ANDREA) • How to communicate (especially new member states)

  6. ESCAPE Issues in speed enforcement • Despite high police enforcement • Massive % of speed violations • Compliance only at police controlled locations • Speed violations are socially accepted • Small violations are subject of public/political debate • To hard to communicate in publicity campaigns

  7. How to approach this: • Embed enforcement in speed management approach • Promote credibility • Speed limits • Fixed speed limits: while safe speed are context related develop Flexible contextual speed limits • Communicate on speed issues, address: • Individual drivers are inadequate in (collective) risk assessment • minor violations or on the serious ones (not only on black spots) • in-line with alcohol random testing: what about random speed checks

  8. Issues in safety belt non-use • Low priority in police work • Technical solution as effective • Combine with child restraints campaign

  9. How to organize monitoring • Use performance indicators (e.g % of drink-drivers): not police hours • Set targets in terms of performance indicators • Evaluate + demonstrate effects (research!)

  10. Conclusion • Near future • Communicate • Legitimize effort • To increase public support • Embed enforcement in speed management e.g • Credibility of speed limits • Road design • Far future • An open eye for technology push

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