The impact of perceived legitimacy of road safety rules in France

As compared to the deterrence approach, perceived rule legitimacy represents an interesting lever for inducing road user compliance through a process of rule internalization. This contribution assesses the impact of the rule legitimacy concept on internalization and self-reported compliance with three traffic rules: 50 km/h speed limit in urban area, yellow light running and pedestrian crossing priority. The results of an online questionnaire on a representative sample of 833 French drivers indicate that perceived legitimacy is one of the main predictors of rule internalization and self-reported compliance, and is a better predictor than others, known to affect these variables (e.g., social norms, perceived risk of being sanctioned or having an accident). These results stress the potential of the lever regarding the improvement of compliance with traffic rules and road safety policies.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2023.11.537
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352146523008359
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/23521465
• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Laurent, Carnis
  • Florent, Varet
  • Marie-Axelle, Granié
  • Frédéric, Martinez
  • Marie, Pelé
  • Anthony, Piermattéo
• Conference:
  • Transport Research Arena Conference (TRA Lisbon 2022)
  • Location: Lisbon , Portugal
  • Date: 2022-11-14 to 2022-11-17
• Publication Date: 2023

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1069-1073
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Procedia
  • Volume: 72
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 2352-1465
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/23521465/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driving behavior; Highway safety; Mobility; Social inclusion; Traffic regulations
• Geographic Terms: France
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01908144
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 14 2024 2:33PM