The automatic speed enforcement (ASE) constitutes an innovative public intervention to reduce the number of road victims. This particular technique of speed enforcement makes possible a more intensive control of driving speeds, the increase of the potential punishment for speed offenders and an acceleration of the prosecution process. Such a program was implemented initially in Victoria, Australia during the 80's. At present, similar speed enforcement programs have been operated throughout the different Australian States. They present real differences and were designed to reach special objectives and strategies of traffic safety. Nevertheless a common conclusion can be drawn: these programs constitute really efficient means to reduce the number of road victims. The article stresses the existence of different organizational and institutional designs for operating such programs and consequently a particular easiness for implementing them in specific institutional environment. However all those systems rest upon important principles, the "4 C" (Control, Co-operation, Communication and Continuation), implying strong relationships between the key players. (Author/publisher)
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