INFLUENCE OF SAFETY BELT USAGE ON PERCEPTION OF THE RISK OF AN ACCIDENT
Does the use of a safety belt increase or decrease the perception of the risk of an accident? Young and older male drivers were asked to drive an urban route and rate their perceptions of the risk of an accident. On the first driving trip all subjects were unbelted, while on the second driving trip half of the subjects wore a safety belt while half did not. Results indicated that young male drivers decrease their perception of the risk of an accident as they become familiar with a driving route if they are not wearing a safety belt. Young male drivers asked to wear a safety belt sustained their perception of the risk of an accident as they became familiar with the test route. Older drivers' perception of the risk of an accident was not affected by familiarity or safety belt usage. (Author/TRRL)
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Corporate Authors:
Pergamon Press, Incorporated
Headington Hill Hall
Oxford OX30BW, -
Authors:
- Bragg, BWE
- Finn, P
- Publication Date: 1985-2
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 15-23
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Serial:
- Accident Analysis & Prevention
- Volume: 17
- Issue Number: 1
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 0001-4575
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Age; Crashes; Drivers; Gender; Hazards; Human beings; Itinerary; Knowledge; Manual safety belts; Perception; Risk assessment; Tests; Traffic crashes; Urban areas
- Uncontrolled Terms: Driver age; Use
- Old TRIS Terms: Driver perception
- ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1757: Age; 2209: Comprehension; 1772: Driver; 699: Itinerary; 1787: Man; 2229: Perception; 9150: Risk; 1476: Safety belt; 6255: Test; 313: Urban area; 9084: Use
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00396807
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- Report/Paper Numbers: HS-038 754
- Files: HSL, ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 31 1986 12:00AM