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Speed Enforcement Keeps Our Eyes Off The Road – University Of Western Australia

Findings from a study released this week confirm what most in the motoring community already knew – that draconian enforcement of speed limits has a negative impact on road safety. Many have claimed for decades that forcing drivers to endlessly stare a


Findings from a study released this week confirm what most in the motoring community already knew - that draconian enforcement of speed limits has a negative impact on road safety.

Many have claimed for decades that forcing drivers to endlessly stare at speedometers to avoid creeping over the limit by as little as 1km/h reduces a driver’s capacity to watch where they are going.

And now the University Of Western Australia - a state with some of the strictest speed enforcement programs in Australia - has sought to back these claims. 

The study focused on driver distraction against various levels of speed enforcement.

A group of 84 volunteers was asked to drive in a simulator, while the research team measured their reaction to red dots that appeared randomly in their peripheral vision.

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