Abstract
This paper presents some results of a study on the effectiveness of traffic law enforcement in Austria. First a few basic data are presented. Although enforcement is seen positive in the population the interaction between drivers and the police officers is sometimes complicated. The last part of this paper tries to describe motivational factors of police officers. Results of the questionnaires show that officers are not a homogeneous group. Various types of officers are described. Four groups of pessimistic and four groups of optimistic officers regarding the effectiveness of enforcement were found in the analysis. (A)