Over 1,000 motorists completed a survey questionnaire in late 1997 relating to a wide variety of issues concerned with the policing of road traffic. Respondents were shown to have come from all over the British Isles and to be representative of both genders and all age-groups. Drivers were asked about their own behaviour in a variety of settings, about their opinions regarding the law and its application, and about their own priorities for future action.
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