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Countermeasures That Work Speeding and Speed Management Countermeasures 3.1 Penalty Types and Levels

3.1 Penalty Types and Levels


Effectiveness: † For general traffic offenses 2 Star For general traffic offenses Cost: Varies
Use: High
Time: Short

This countermeasure involves implementing progressive penalty types and levels for speeding and the  traffic offenses included under aggressive driving as part of each State’s overall driver control system.

Effectiveness Concerns: This countermeasure is widely used. Its effectiveness has been examined in several research studies. The balance of the evidence suggests that these types of countermeasures are ineffective in the long term.

Further information about the known research, potential effectiveness, costs, use, and time to implement is available in Appendix A3, Section 3.1.