Correlations of multiple rider behaviors with self-reported attitudes, perspectives on traffic rule strictness and social desirability
Powered Two-Wheeler (PTW) riders constitute a very vulnerable group of road users, while riding a PTW is considerably more dangerous than using any other motor vehicle. Behavioral issues have been identified major moderating factors to PTW crashes, as riders display great variability in their attitudes towards road safety. Τhe aim of this paper is to present a thorough, overarching structure of relationships correlating various unsafe stated PTW rider behaviors (riding after alcohol consumption, speeding, helmet use and texting) with several self-reported attitude parameters and factors regarding rider perspectives on traffic rule strictness and social desirability. A structural equation model (SEM) was developed using data from the ESRA2 survey, which provided a broad sample encompassing 5,958 respondent riders from 32 countries. Numerous statistical relationships were discovered and quantified correlating the four examined unsafe rider behaviors with eight latent unobserved variables. All covariances between unsafe behaviors were found to be positive and statistically significant, indicating that a rider who will engage more frequently in every single one of the four examined unsafe riding behaviors is more likely to also engage in all the others as well.
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Authors:
- Ziakopoulos, Apostolos
- Nikolaou, Dimitrios
- Yannis, George
- Publication Date: 2021-7
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: References;
- Pagination: pp 313-327
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
- Volume: 80
- Issue Number: 0
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 1369-8478
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13698478
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Attitudes; Behavior; Helmet use; Motorcycles; Risk taking; Scooters; Two wheeled vehicles
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01777325
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 23 2021 3:25PM