Attitude of Motorists towards Road Ethics: Empirical Study

Road traffic safety among socioeconomic issues has become the major concern across the globe due to rise in road crashes attributed largely to human factor. This study tends to address attitudinal behavior of road users towards road ethics in Ilorin metropolis-Nigeria; covering both driver and motorcyclists and perception of motorists on road traffic enforcement agent. Questionnaire was employed as survey tools. Ordered logistic model were used to analyse the data on attitude of motorists and road traffic laws enforcement agents. About 87% of the 440 administered questionnaire were returned valid. A 3-model analysis was carried out and the findings showed that the attitude of the motorists, road traffic law enforcement agents and demographical index (gender, age and education) correlated with, and influence compliance with road traffic laws.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.2478/jlst-2018-0009
• Record URL:
  • https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/jlst/9/2/article-p46.xml
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/22324968
• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2018 Funsho Idowu Obakemi.
• Authors:
  • Obakemi, Funsho Idowu
• Publication Date: 2018-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 46-56
• Serial:
  • Logistics & Sustainable Transport
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: De Gruyter Poland
  • ISSN: 2232-4968
  • Serial URL: https://sciendo.com/journal/JLST
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Automobile drivers; Compliance; Ethics; Highway law; Highway safety; Logits; Motorcyclists; Questionnaires
• Geographic Terms: Ilorin (Nigeria)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01691282
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 25 2019 10:31AM