Impacts on Traffic Citations by Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
Publication: International Conference on Transportation and Development 2023
ABSTRACT
The potential impact of autonomous vehicles (AVs) on traffic citation revenues has been widely discussed. While not many vehicles in the US meet the requirements to be truly autonomous, a vast majority of newer vehicles contain several advanced driver assistance systems (ADASs). Many of these ADASs can improve both driver behavior and safety. Thus, these ADASs can affect traffic citations and the local/state revenues. In this study, we qualitatively identify ADASs that have potential to impact citations, and we qualitatively identify citations that have the most potential to be reduced by the introduction of various ADASs. We concluded that many of the ADASs that currently exist can prevent or reduce the frequency of common citation types. While a reduction in citations might sound attractive to many individuals, a reduction in revenue largely impacts local and state governments and can ultimately affect these individuals.
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International Conference on Transportation and Development 2023
Pages: 328 - 339
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Published online: Jun 13, 2023
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Business management
- Driver behavior
- Financial management
- Government
- Infrastructure
- Organizations
- Practice and Profession
- Public administration
- Public health and safety
- Revenues
- Safety
- State government
- Traffic accidents
- Traffic analysis
- Traffic engineering
- Traffic management
- Transportation engineering
- Vehicle impacts
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