Technical-economic analysis of the efficiency of the helmet-wearing measure and the introduction of speed bumps in road traffic in the city of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Analyse technico-économique de l'efficacité de la mesure du port du casque et de l'institution des ralentisseurs dans la circulation routière de la ville de Ouagadougou au Burkina Faso

Issa Zongo ()
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Issa Zongo: LABERI (laboratoire d'économie régionale et internationale) - unité de formation et de recherche en sciences économique et de gestion de l'université Norbert ZONGO

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Abstract: Against a backdrop of growing incivism in road traffic and limited incentives for the emergence of rules, the economic analysis of law was called upon. More precisely, Peltzman's (1975) observation served as a means of verification with factual observations and empirical data on helmet wearing and the use of speed bumps in road traffic in the city of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso. It emerges that the damage and, in particular, the perverse effects resulting from these preventive measures are objectively, economically and technically far from negligible, in line with Calabresi's (1970) principle of minimization. Hence, a combination of technical measures, awareness-raising and sufficiently dissuasive repressive measures presents itself as a better second-best optimum.

Keywords: efficacité; casque; ralentisseur; circulation routière; Ouagadougou (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-04-13
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