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Effects of Education on Speeding Behavior
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2025-01-01
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Abstract:Speeding-related crashes continue to be a serious problem in the United States. In 2022 there were 12,151 fatalities and an additional 300,595 people injured in speeding-related crashes (National Center for Statistics and Analysis, 2024). With such a high prevalence, it is important to examine countermeasures that may supplement the effective, but not fully mitigating, enforcement efforts on speed management (Venkatraman et al., 2021; AASHTO, 2010). To address this, the current experimental study used naturalistic driving data and self-report survey data to examine the effect of a brief speeding education course on driver speeding behavior, attitudes, and beliefs. The results showed that speeding education significantly reduced speeding frequency and duration in the longer-term (3 to 4 weeks post intervention); reduced speeding magnitude on roads with PSLs of 50 mph or higher; reduced speeding magnitude for younger drivers (<30 years old); and reduced speeding magnitude and duration for drivers with no speeding citation history. Self-report survey data showed that, compared to controls, speeding education lowered drivers’ intention to speed “in the next 30 days” and increased their belief that “driving at/near the PSL (<5 mph over) reduces their chances of a crash.” Some findings did not reach statistical significance, although they were trending in the desired direction (e.g., self-reported risky driving). The implications of these results suggest that a brief speeding education intervention is an effective supplementary countermeasure to law enforcement’s speed management efforts. Further research is needed to understand the full applicability and effectiveness of this intervention.
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