The Fast and The Furious: Drivers, Speed Cameras and Control in a Risk Society (Human Factors in Road and Rail Transport)
The Fast and The Furious: Drivers, Speed Cameras and Control in a Risk Society (Human Factors in Road and Rail Transport)
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Book Summary
"The Fast and The Furious: Drivers, Speed Cameras and Control in a Risk Society" presents a sociological and criminological perspective critical to understanding the driver's role at the centre of road safety interventions. Such an approach is, it is argued, as crucial to an understanding of attempts to reduce road crashes, deaths and injuries as approaching such questions from an engineering or educational perspective. The book offers an explanation for the continued debate about one road safety intervention - the speed camera - by situating that debate within contemporary literature about the 'risk society' (Beck, 1992) and more broadly understood experiences of risk faced on a daily
ISBN-13
9781409430896
Language
English
Binding
Hard Bound
Publisher
Ashgate
Publishing Date
2011-12-21
Total Pages
242

The Fast and The Furious: Drivers, Speed Cameras and Control in a Risk Society (Human Factors in Road and Rail Transport)

by Helen Wells (Author),
Ashgate (Publisher)
fictionfantasyyoung adultaward winning
Product Specifications
Book Summary
"The Fast and The Furious: Drivers, Speed Cameras and Control in a Risk Society" presents a sociological and criminological perspective critical to understanding the driver's role at the centre of road safety interventions. Such an approach is, it is argued, as crucial to an understanding of attempts to reduce road crashes, deaths and injuries as approaching such questions from an engineering or educational perspective. The book offers an explanation for the continued debate about one road safety intervention - the speed camera - by situating that debate within contemporary literature about the 'risk society' (Beck, 1992) and more broadly understood experiences of risk faced on a daily
Book Specifications
ISBN-13
9781409430896
Language
English
Binding
Hard Bound
Publisher
Ashgate
Publishing Date
2011-12-21
Total Pages
242