The Fast and The Furious: Drivers, Speed Cameras and Control in a Risk Society offers an explanation for the continued debate about one road safety intervention - the speed camera - by situating that debate within contemporary literature about the 'risk society' (Beck, 1992) and more broadly understood experiences of risk faced on a daily basis by drivers. Rather than a focus on risk as something that can be objectively assessed, measured and managed separately from the social context in which it is encountered, it suggests that 'risk' is something that permeates this particular debate from every angle.

Author: Wells, Helen
Publisher: Ashgate
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: The Fast and The Furious: Drivers, Speed Cameras and Control in a Risk Society
Pages: 00244 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2011-12-01
SKU-13/ISBN: 9781409430896
Lib Category: Risk-taking (Psychology)
Lib Category: Traffic safety - Great Britain
Category: Transportation : General
Category: Business & Economics : Insurance - Risk Assessment & Managem
Category: Technology & Engineering : Automotive