Abstract
It is shown that apart from what is being done by the private sector little progress has been made in the United Kingdom towards purely reward-based road safety schemes as an alternative to enforcement. Police Forces have moved from purely punitive-based enforcement to deterrent-based policing and in the case of defect vehicles they have embarked upon what can be described as a "quasi reward or incentive" type system. Examples of this gradual movement are reported under the following headings: (1) drinking and driving; (2) the Vehicle Defect Rectification Scheme; (3) the Extended Fixed Penalty System; and (4) seat belt legislation.