Backing For In-car Speed Alarm
A majority of people say they would welcome a speed warning device on their car dashboard as a way to improve road safety, according to research by MORI. The survey -- commissioned by the FIA Foundation -- shows seven in 10 (70%) people would support an audible in-car warning or a dashboard display that alerts them to the legal speed limit on residential roads and on trunk roads in built-up areas.
Those who were strongly opposed to the idea were less then one in 10 (seven per cent). Almost three in five (58%) people would support having compulsory in-car speed limiters in 30mph residential streets in the future if road humps were removed as a result.
Nearly half of respondents (48%) say they would support being taxed for the precise number of miles they drive if the average bill worked out about the same as current road user charges. And three in 10 (31%) say they would support electronic road pricing even if the average cost was more than current road user charges -- as long as traffic congestion was reduced as a result.
Technical details
A nationally representative quota sample of 1,442 adults (with 1+ cars in the household) was interviewed throughout Great Britain by MORI in 196 sampling points. Interviews were carried out face-to-face in respondents' homes between 22-28 August 2002.
