A Case Study on Speed Behavior Determination Via Average Speed Enforcement at The Akdeniz University Campus Area

Abstract

Average speed enforcement is a new traffic safety measure that is used increasingly in recent years. The advantage of this enforcement system is that the average speed of drivers can be recorded along a whole section in order to determine whether they obey the speed limits or not. In this study, the speeding behavior and violation behaviors of drivers were quantified in accordance with only the traffic signs and the provided speed limits with no penal sanctions on 11 sections at the Akdeniz University with speed limits of 20, 30 and 50 km/h.Two month average travel speeds of each vehicle that passes from the application sections were measured via mobile average speed enforcement system without announcing to the drivers which were then analyzed via Independent Sample t test.The results of the speed study indicate that they differ on sections with different physical properties according to the preferences of drivers.Low compliance in general to the speed limits indicate non-optimal speed limits. A higher compliance to the speed limits may be ensured by an enforcement measure in the follow-up of the violations. 

Keywords

• Average speed enforcement,average speed,Independent Sample t test

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