Research Article

Motorist's Response to an Increase in Traffic Fines

Table 2

General descriptives of ASMS.

ā€‰2007200820092010

Recognition rate61.7%61.6%55.6%48.7%
Offence ratea0.96%0.70%0.65%0.67%
Number of fines per 1,000 motor vehicles passing by5.94.33.63.3
Number of motor vehicles passing by411,842,123429,071,480412,906,536314,297,314
Number of fines2,401,5801,807,8701,477,411991,030
Average number of days that an ASMS is in operation279265264261
Average number of motor vehicles passing by per operational day1,476,1371,619,1381,564,0401,204,204
Average number of fines per operational day8,6086,8225,5963,797

This is the number of fines divided by the number of matches. See Section 6 for further explanation.
Source: LPTV/CJIB.