B1Objective#
This Appendix documents the information that is required by the Principal or Police to determine whether enforcement can be undertaken and to determine the appropriate enforcement strategy. The strategy will seek to improve compliance to speed limits and other regulatory signage or signals within the roadwork area.
The safety of road users and road workers within roadworks, relies predominately upon driver speed compliance.
As in most situations where regulatory controls are introduced, the effectiveness of the regulation requires a combination of self-regulation and the perceived risk of a penalty associated with contravention of the regulation.
Consistent deterrence strategies, which typically comprise a visible Police or camera presence, can bring about lasting changes in road user behaviour and, as a consequence, changes in road user’s attitudes which reinforce the behavioural change.
Non-compliance with temporary speed limits or signage can result from a range of factors, including:
- poor signage and roadwork management
- speed limits that do not appear intuitive to drivers and are not supported by the surrounding road environment (surface conditions, proximity of workers and so on)
- speed limits that are introduced to protect workers that are not removed after workers finish the works or moved away from the road edge, and
- drivers infrequently encountering enforcement activity, despite signage indicating that roadworks speed limits are enforced.