‘Rider Risk Reduction Scheme’ (2005) Developed a motorcycle offender retraining intervention programme, in development with Devon County Council and Devon & Cornwall Constabulary to reduce the overrepresentation of motorcycle KSI statistics
Research project with Devon & Cornwall Police’s Traffic Policy Unit, identifying recidivist traffic offenders and developing an alternative mode of disposal for such offences within the existing legislation
Currently advising DfT Marketing Division on a campaign to reduce mobile phone use whilst driving, employing some of the techniques used on motorcycle intervention programme. Resulting campaign will be launched in Summer 2008
Selected Papers and Publications
Burgess,C.N.W. (2008) Why do people drive in the way they do? Invited speaker, Road Safety Expo, QEII Conference Centre, London, 1st December 2008
Burgess, C.N.W (2006) Futther development of the Readiness to Reduce Speeding and Usual Speed (RRS) questionnaire on the context of a brief anti-speeding intervention. Paper presented at the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP) 26th Congress. Athens, Greece, 16-21 July 2006
Burgess, C.N.W. & Webley, P. (1999) Evaluating the effectiveness of the UK’s National Driver Improvement Scheme. Behaviour Research in Road safety IX Transport Research Laboratory, Crowthorne, Berks.
Career
Dr Cris Burgess
Lecturer at the University of Exeter, with an interest in teaching and conducting driving behaviour research. Cris has been involved with driving behaviour study for 13 years, with a particular emphasis on road safety and traffic offending among drivers. His ‘Rider Risk Reduction scheme for motorcyclist offender interventions has been adopted for a national model for ‘rider rectification’, and highly commended by the 2006 Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards
Cris has also developed his work into road safety across all driving programmes, including a current project into a personality profiling exercise to identify high-risk car drivers and developing intervention designs for such groups. Cris has advised the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) and Highways Authority on post-license driving accreditation, and has been called upon to advise the Parliamentary Advisory Committee on Transport Safety (PACTS) among other groups. Cris is also currently undertaking research into the elevated levels of off-duty servicemen killed or seriously injured in road accidents.
