Driving attitudes, behaviours, risk perception and risk concern among young student car-drivers, motorcyclists and pedestrians in various EU countries
The number of car crashes has gradually reduced in the last decade across all European Countries, but the number of motorcycle crashes has remained nearly the same. In the authors' research they investigate whether there are differences in attitudes towards road safety issues, driving behaviours in specific imagined situations, risk perception and risk concern, among young student drivers and riders. The study involved a large sample taken from across six European countries.The results reveal that although there are no differences between motorcyclists and car drivers in their attitudes toward road safety rules, differences do appear when the road rules compliance is assessed in specific imagined situations, with motorcyclists reporting to be more prone than car-drivers to violations of traffic rules. Moreover, despite the perceived risk during driving is the same for motorcyclists and car-drivers, differences do appear on their concern about this risk, with motorcyclists reporting to be less concerned than car-drivers about the risk of a road crash. This could lead to a high probability of risky driving behaviour in motorcyclists than in car-drivers. Present findings have important practical implications for road safety training courses.
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- © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
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Authors:
- Cordellieri, Pierluigi
- 0000-0002-6044-7109
- Sdoia, Stefano
- Ferlazzo, Fabio
- Sgalla, Roberto
- Giannini, Anna Maria
- Publication Date: 2019-8
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 56-67
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
- Volume: 65
- Issue Number: 0
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 1369-8478
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13698478
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Attitudes; Behavior; Driving; High risk drivers; Highway safety; Motorcycle crashes; Motorcyclists; Risk assessment; Risk taking; Students; Teenage drivers; Traffic crashes
- Geographic Terms: European Union
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01717560
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Sep 19 2019 3:07PM