LONG-DISTANCE TRUCKING: WHY DO TRUCKIES SPEED?

There is growing community concern that trucks on long distance hauls are increasingly exceeding the speed limits and exposing all road users to high levels of risk This paper reports the preliminary results of an in depth survey with a pilot sample of long distance truck drivers designed to investigate the underlying factors precipitating the current circumstances on the road. The study suggests that the economic reward conditions of the industry play an important role in explaining the causes of on-road behaviour. Hemher and Battellino