The psychosocial purpose of driving and its relationship with the risky driving behaviour of young novice drivers

There are a number factors that contribute to the traffic accident at adolescents. One of them is the implementation of risky driving behaviour. The psychological factros that can be the predictors of risky driving behaviour are self-regulation and conformity. The aim of this research is to identify the factors’ role of risky driving behaviour at young novice drivers. The study involved adolescents aged 16 to 18 who were eligible subjects of the study. This study uses an adaptation of the Driving Behaviour Quetionnaire (DBQ) and The Czech Self-Regulation Quetionnaire (SRQ-Cz). Hypotheses of this research is that self-regulation and conformity have contribution to the risky driving behaviour. Regression analysis shows that self-regulation and conformity 13.5% contribute to the risky driving behaviour simultaneously, 6.5% is from self-regulation and 7% from conformity (F= 6,29; p<0,05). Analysis also shows that self-regulation has negative correlation to the risky driving behaviour where as conformity has positive correlation to the risky driving behaviour.

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Effect of High-Altitude Environment on Driving Safety: A Study on Drivers’ Mental Workload, Situation Awareness, and Driving Behaviour

Journal of Advanced Transportation ◽

10.1155/2020/7283025 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2020 ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

Xinyan Wang ◽

Wu Bo ◽

Weihua Yang ◽

Suping Cui ◽

Pengzi Chu

Keyword(s):

High Altitude ◽

Situation Awareness ◽

Mental Workload ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Driving Safety ◽

Risky Driving ◽

Driving Behaviour ◽

Driving Risk ◽

Low Altitude ◽

The Relationship

This study aims to analyze the effect of high-altitude environment on drivers’ mental workload (MW), situation awareness (SA), and driving behaviour (DB), and to explore the relationship among those driving performances. Based on a survey, the data of 356 lowlanders engaging in driving activities at Tibetan Plateau (high-altitude group) and 341 lowlanders engaging in driving activities at low altitudes (low-altitude group) were compared and analyzed. The results suggest that the differences between the two groups are noteworthy. Mental workload of high-altitude group is significantly higher than that of low-altitude group, and their situation awareness is lower significantly. The possibility of risky driving behaviours for high-altitude group, especially aggressive violations, is higher. For the high-altitude group, the increase of mental workload can lead to an increase on aggressive violations, and the situation understanding plays a full mediating effect between mental workload and aggressive violations. Measures aiming at the improvement of situation awareness and the reduction of mental workload can effectively reduce the driving risk from high-altitude environment for lowlanders.

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Classifying and predicting risky driving among novice drivers: A group-based trajectory approach

Journal of Safety Research ◽

10.1016/j.jsr.2018.10.014 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 68 ◽

pp. 215-222 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Celestin Missikpode ◽

Corinne Peek-Asa ◽

Daniel V. McGehee ◽

Robert Wallace

Keyword(s):

Risky Driving ◽

Novice Drivers ◽

Trajectory Approach

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Identifying the Characteristics of Risky Driving Behaviour

Driver Behaviour and Training: Volume VI ◽

10.4324/9781315257372-14 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 83-94

Keyword(s):

Risky Driving ◽

Driving Behaviour

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Research on Risky Driving Behavior of Novice Drivers

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11205556 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (20) ◽

pp. 5556

Author(s):

Longhai Yang ◽

Xiqiao Zhang ◽

Xiaoyan Zhu ◽

Yule Luo ◽

Yi Luo

Keyword(s):

Theory Of Planned Behavior ◽

Planned Behavior ◽

Traffic Safety ◽

Traffic Accidents ◽

Risky Behaviors ◽

Driving Behavior ◽

Risky Driving ◽

Novice Drivers ◽

Driving Skills ◽

Planned Behavior Theory

Novice drivers have become the main group responsible for traffic accidents because of their lack of experience and relatively weak driving skills. Therefore, it is of great value and significance to study the related problems of the risky driving behavior of novice drivers. In this paper, we analyzed and quantified key factors leading to risky driving behavior of novice drivers on the basis of the planned behavior theory and the protection motivation theory. We integrated the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and the theory of planned behavior (PMT) to extensively discuss the formation mechanism of the dangerous driving behavior of novice drivers. The theoretical analysis showed that novice drivers engage in three main risky behaviors: easily changing their attitudes, overestimating their driving skills, and underestimating illegal driving. On the basis of the aforementioned results, we then proposed some specific suggestions such as traffic safety education and training, social supervision, and law construction for novice drivers to reduce their risky behavior.

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