Road Weather Information System - Government of Nova Scotia

2006 RWIS Evaluation Report 10
3.4 Level of Agreement with the Various Statements about the RWIS System
3.4.1 Weather Information
Over two-thirds of the respondents
strongly agreed (14.4%) or agreed
(50.8%) that they felt RWIS provided all
the weather information that they needed
to conduct winter maintenance
operations; 30.3% of respondents
disagreed with this statement.
3.4.2 Driving Conditions
Over 8 in 10 strongly agreed (17.4%) or
agreed (62.9%) that the implementation of
RWIS had resulted in safer driving conditions;
14.4% disagreed with this statement.
3.4.3 De-icing Materials
Almost 4 in 10 respondents strongly
disagreed (4.6%) or disagreed (34.8%)
that the implementation of RWIS
reduced the amount of de-icing
materials used per storm; 36.9% agreed
with this statement and 6.9% strongly
agreed.