The role of risk-propensity in the risky driving of younger and older drivers

We aimed to compare younger and older drivers in terms of appropriate measures of risk propensity and related risk motivations, and to examine the association of these measures with risky driving. The study involved 89 participants aged 16-25, and 110 participants aged over 35, recruited outside motor registries, as well as 188 Psychology students (aged 16-25) recruited for course requirements, who completed questionnaires designed to measure risk aversion, risk propensity (general and in accident, health, financial and social domains), and risk-related motives for risky driving. Results suggest targeting the "young driver problem" by aiming to reduce experience-seeking, excitement, sensation-seeking, confidence/familiarity, underestimation or risk, irrelevance of risk, and "letting of steam" motives for drink driving, and experience-seeking, excitement, sensation-seeking, and "letting off steam" motives for speeding, for both males and females, as well as irrelevance of risk motives for speeding and social influence motives for drink-driving for males only. For young females only, increasing prestige-seeking and social influence motives in relation to speeding may be beneficial. (a)

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• Authors:
  • HATFIELD, J
  • FERNANDES, R
• Publication Date: 2009-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 84P
• Serial:
  • ROAD SAFETY GRANT REPORT
  • Issue Number: 2009-002
  • Publisher: DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AUSTRALIA
  • ISSN: 1323-3688

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Crimes; Intoxication; Questionnaires; Risk taking; Safety; Speed; Teenage drivers
• ITRD Terms: 2267: Attitude (psychol); 2231: Drunkenness; 9147: Interview; 1516: Offence; 2259: Risk taking; 1665: Safety; 5408: Speed
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01143865
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 16 2009 12:10PM