Point-to-point (P2P) speed enforcement is a relatively new approach to traffic law enforcement. Its technology allows vehicles whose average speed exceeds the speed limit over the controlled section to be fined. It therefore encourages compliance over distances longer than those where spot enforcement policies have been in place.In this paper, a procedure for consistently setting speed limits with such enforcement systems is proposed. Such a method has been applied to design the speed limits on two motorways in the district of Naples, Italy, where P2P enforcement systems became operational in 2009 and 2010. The speed limits, which were set using the Italian geometric design standard to assess vehicle stability and stopping sight distance, have been compared with those provided by using well-known international standards.The impact of the newly designed speed limits and of the P2P enforcement system on drivers' speeding behaviour has been quantified for each highway section and vehicle type. In fact, accurate measurements of the average travel speeds of each vehicle crossing the enforced sections, before and after the activation of the system, were available. The migration from the old speed limits with spot speed enforcement to the new approach resulted in a notable increase in drivers' compliance to the speed limits with a remarkable decrease in both the average of individual speeds and in their standard deviation.In addition, the analysis of 3. years of data shows that a gradual adaptation of drivers' behaviour to the system took place. In particular, a decreasing compliance to the speed limits points to a non-optimal system management. Finally, the results of a revealed preference survey allowed us to make a behavioural interpretation regarding the significantly different impacts measured on the two motorways.

Point-to-point speed enforcement systems: Speed limits design criteria and analysis of drivers’ compliance / Montella, Alfonso; Punzo, Vincenzo; Chiaradonna, Salvatore; Mauriello, Filomena; Montanino, Marcello. - In: TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH. PART C, EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES. - ISSN 0968-090X. - 53:(2015), pp. 1-18. [10.1016/j.trc.2015.01.025]

Point-to-point speed enforcement systems: Speed limits design criteria and analysis of drivers’ compliance

MONTELLA, ALFONSO;PUNZO, VINCENZO;CHIARADONNA, Salvatore;MAURIELLO, FILOMENA;MONTANINO, MARCELLO
2015

Abstract

Point-to-point (P2P) speed enforcement is a relatively new approach to traffic law enforcement. Its technology allows vehicles whose average speed exceeds the speed limit over the controlled section to be fined. It therefore encourages compliance over distances longer than those where spot enforcement policies have been in place.In this paper, a procedure for consistently setting speed limits with such enforcement systems is proposed. Such a method has been applied to design the speed limits on two motorways in the district of Naples, Italy, where P2P enforcement systems became operational in 2009 and 2010. The speed limits, which were set using the Italian geometric design standard to assess vehicle stability and stopping sight distance, have been compared with those provided by using well-known international standards.The impact of the newly designed speed limits and of the P2P enforcement system on drivers' speeding behaviour has been quantified for each highway section and vehicle type. In fact, accurate measurements of the average travel speeds of each vehicle crossing the enforced sections, before and after the activation of the system, were available. The migration from the old speed limits with spot speed enforcement to the new approach resulted in a notable increase in drivers' compliance to the speed limits with a remarkable decrease in both the average of individual speeds and in their standard deviation.In addition, the analysis of 3. years of data shows that a gradual adaptation of drivers' behaviour to the system took place. In particular, a decreasing compliance to the speed limits points to a non-optimal system management. Finally, the results of a revealed preference survey allowed us to make a behavioural interpretation regarding the significantly different impacts measured on the two motorways.
2015
Point-to-point speed enforcement systems: Speed limits design criteria and analysis of drivers’ compliance / Montella, Alfonso; Punzo, Vincenzo; Chiaradonna, Salvatore; Mauriello, Filomena; Montanino, Marcello. - In: TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH. PART C, EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES. - ISSN 0968-090X. - 53:(2015), pp. 1-18. [10.1016/j.trc.2015.01.025]
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