The fast and the furious : drivers, speed cameras and control in a risk society /

The Fast and The Furious: Drivers, Speed Cameras and Control in a Risk Society offers an explanation for the continued debate about one road safety intervention - the speed camera - by situating that debate within contemporary literature about the 'risk society' (Beck, 1992) and more broad...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wells, Helen, 1977-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Farnham ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2012.
Colección:Human factors in road and rail transport.
Temas:
Speed limits > Great Britain.
Automobile drivers > Great Britain > Psychology.
Photography in traffic engineering.
Legal photography > Great Britain.
Traffic monitoring > Great Britain.
Traffic safety > Great Britain.
Risk-taking (Psychology)
Risk-Taking
Limitations de vitesse > Grande-Bretagne.
Automobilistes > Grande-Bretagne > Psychologie.
Photographie en technique de la circulation.
Photographie judiciaire > Grande-Bretagne.
Circulation > Surveillance > Grande-Bretagne.
Sécurité routière > Grande-Bretagne.
Prise de risque.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Transportation.
TRANSPORTATION > Public Transportation.
Automobile drivers > Psychology.
Legal photography.
Speed limits.
Traffic monitoring.
Traffic safety.
Great Britain.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 A Brief History of Speed Limit Enforcement; 3 Contradictory Expert Claims about Speed Cameras; 5 Respectability, Responsibility and Resistance; 6 Experiencing Automated Enforcement; 7 Developments
  • Past, Present and Future; 8 Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

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