DRIVING BEHAVIOUR: PERCEPTIONS VS REALITY

Inappropriate driver behaviour is commonly seen by motorists and road safety authorities as the major contributing factor to road crashes and this is reinforced by statistics. When the general public is asked how to address inappropriate driving behaviour, a popular response is compulsory driver training for pre-licence drivers and education/retesting for post-licence drivers. Unfortunately, it may not be as simple as this. This paper presents RACQ's views on improving behaviour amongst Queensland drivers of all ages. These views are based on RACQ's driver behaviour policies, members' feedback, research and discussions with other road safety stakeholders. RACQ will comment on the range of enforcement and education initiatives used to address inappropriate driving behaviours. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E208180.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Queensland Parliament, Australia

  TravelSafe Committee, Parliament House, George Street
  Brisbane, Queensland  Australia  4000

  Australasian College of Road Safety

  P.O. Box 198
  Mawson, ACT  Australia  2607
• Authors:
  • WIKMAN, J
  • GRAY, J
  • EVERITT, B
• Conference:
  • NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPING SAFER DRIVERS AND RIDERS, 2002, BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 11 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aggression; Behavior; Conferences; Crashes; Drivers; Education; Law enforcement; Perception; Public participation; Safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Causes
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 2287: Aggressiveness (psychol); 8006: Australia; 9001: Behaviour; 9003: Cause; 8525: Conference; 1772: Driver; 2284: Education; 1534: Enforcement (law); 2229: Perception; 142: Public participation; 1665: Safety
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00963699
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0-9585-691-2-6
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Oct 3 2003 12:00AM