Julie
NR, I’m curious about this: do you mean drivers slam on their brakes as they approach speed cameras, rather than adjusting their overall speed, or that they slam on their brakes periodically as they remember to keep their speed down (between cameras, I guess)? I wonder if drivers will learn to adjust to this eventually, driving more smoothly at a lower speed, or if they will continue to correct their speed intermittently. I also wonder if, when gas prices go back up, drivers will learn more quickly to control speed in a more fuel-efficient manner?
I also wonder if the increase in rear-end accidents mentioned in the article is something that will decline as drivers learn not to expect the car in front to keep going through a light that’s just turned red (I guess I’m making an assumption about the cause of these rear-end accidents; perhaps I’m incorrect).
It will be interesting to see in what ways drivers’ behaviors adapt over time, and how long will it take, and what behaviors persist despite the change in conditions.