The Resource The fast and the furious : drivers, speed cameras and control in a risk society, by Helen Wells
The fast and the furious : drivers, speed cameras and control in a risk society, by Helen Wells
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The item The fast and the furious : drivers, speed cameras and control in a risk society, by Helen Wells represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- 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 ev
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (vii, 231 pages).
- Contents
-
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 A Brief History of Speed Limit Enforcement; 3 Contradictory Expert Claims about Speed Cameras; 5 Respectability, Responsibility and Resistance; 6 Experiencing Automated Enforcement; 7 Developments
- Past, Present and Future; 8 Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
- Isbn
- 9781409430902
- Label
- The fast and the furious : drivers, speed cameras and control in a risk society
- Title
- The fast and the furious
- Title remainder
- drivers, speed cameras and control in a risk society
- Statement of responsibility
- by Helen Wells
- Subject
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- Automobile drivers -- Psychology
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries | Transportation
- Great Britain
- Legal photography
- Legal photography -- Great Britain
- Photography in traffic engineering
- Photography in traffic engineering
- Risk-taking (Psychology)
- Risk-taking (Psychology)
- Speed limits
- Speed limits -- Great Britain
- TRANSPORTATION -- Public Transportation
- Traffic monitoring
- Traffic monitoring -- Great Britain
- Traffic safety
- Traffic safety -- Great Britain
- Automobile drivers -- Great Britain -- Psychology
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 ev
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1977-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wells, Helen
- Dewey number
- 388.3/1440941
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HE5663.A6
- LC item number
- W45 2012eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Human factors in road and rail transport
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Speed limits
- Automobile drivers
- Photography in traffic engineering
- Legal photography
- Traffic monitoring
- Traffic safety
- Risk-taking (Psychology)
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- TRANSPORTATION
- Automobile drivers
- Legal photography
- Photography in traffic engineering
- Risk-taking (Psychology)
- Speed limits
- Traffic monitoring
- Traffic safety
- Great Britain
- Label
- The fast and the furious : drivers, speed cameras and control in a risk society, by Helen Wells
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-224) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 A Brief History of Speed Limit Enforcement; 3 Contradictory Expert Claims about Speed Cameras; 5 Respectability, Responsibility and Resistance; 6 Experiencing Automated Enforcement; 7 Developments -- Past, Present and Future; 8 Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
- Control code
- 764632403
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (vii, 231 pages).
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781409430902
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other control number
- 9786613318961
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 331896
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
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- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)764632403
- Label
- The fast and the furious : drivers, speed cameras and control in a risk society, by Helen Wells
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-224) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 A Brief History of Speed Limit Enforcement; 3 Contradictory Expert Claims about Speed Cameras; 5 Respectability, Responsibility and Resistance; 6 Experiencing Automated Enforcement; 7 Developments -- Past, Present and Future; 8 Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
- Control code
- 764632403
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (vii, 231 pages).
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781409430902
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 9786613318961
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 331896
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)764632403
Subject
- Automobile drivers -- Psychology
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries | Transportation
- Great Britain
- Legal photography
- Legal photography -- Great Britain
- Photography in traffic engineering
- Photography in traffic engineering
- Risk-taking (Psychology)
- Risk-taking (Psychology)
- Speed limits
- Speed limits -- Great Britain
- TRANSPORTATION -- Public Transportation
- Traffic monitoring
- Traffic monitoring -- Great Britain
- Traffic safety
- Traffic safety -- Great Britain
- Automobile drivers -- Great Britain -- Psychology
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