A Study for The Effectiveness of Penalty Strategies on Traffic Violations and Its Affecting Factors

• Main Authors: Chien-An Huang, 黃建安
• Other Authors: Hsin-Li Chang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2003
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/66158835819098818082

碩士 === 國立交通大學 === 運輸科技與管理學系 === 91 === Traffic violations not only hurt the order of traffic operation, but also threaten the traffic safety of road users. Each time the authority revised the law and increased the articles was only based on the belief that the more chaos the traffic condition is, the more rigorous law should be applied. However, the effectiveness of severe penalty strategies is argued and some modifications of this penalty system are also suggested. This study is undertaken to explore the effectiveness of the penalty strategies to traffic violations and its affecting factors. The Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) was employed to determine the degree of rigorousness as well as the effectiveness of different penalties to traffic violators. Furthermore, two separate models were developed in order to explore the effects of different penalty strategies on rehabilitating the behavior of traffic violators and the enforcing behavior of policemen. Two sets of questionnaires, one for the general drivers and the other for the police, were designed to collect the required data for empirical study purpose. The Linear Structure Relationship (LISREL) approach was then applied to those two models to determine the significant factors affecting the effectives of penalty strategies to traffic violators. The study results reveal that the most rigorous penalty for traffic violation is license suspension, and the rigorousness of penalty could significantly reduce people’s intention to traffic violations. But the severe penalty also makes the police hesitate on their enforcement. Furthermore, the effects of penalty strategies are most significantly affected by the attitude of drivers to traffic violations, and the rigorousness of penalty strategies will enhance the effect of reducing traffic violations. The study results provide a set of valuable information about the effects of various penalty strategies on reducing the traffic violations, which is helpful for designing the relevant policies to traffic management.