The increase in speeding offences in Norway and their seriousness is discussed in relation to the development of penalty rules for speeding offences and the probabilities of being caught speeding on different stretches of road. These figures are compared with the resources used on speed control in order to infer the efficiency of such controls. Special attention is here offered to discussing appropriate productivity measures as far as speeding controls are concerned. The rest of the study is concerned with reviewing Norwegian drivers' perceived values on the penalties for speeding and on the probablity of being caught speeding. These values are based on personal interviews with a sample of 210 Norwegian drivers who stopped at a petrol station. Besides asking them about their perceived values on the magnitudes of the penalty for different speeding offences and the probability of being caught speeding, they were asked a range of personal questions such as age, driving experience etc. An analysis of how drivers' knowledge about speeding enforcement rules are related to their personal characteristics is presented. For the covering abstract see ITRD E126595.
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