Pre-driver theatre and workshop education research for road safety in young drivers

This descriptive study aims to assess the knowledge and awareness of road safety among university students. The study was conducted among students in Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia by means of questionnaire disseminated online via social media with shareable link to a Google form. The respondents were self-selected to participate in this study where their responses were self-administrated. Questionnaire consisted of 3 sections included demographic information, knowledge on road signs and road safety law, and road safety awareness. 371 students participated in this study, 66% of them age 23 to 27 years old, 61% were female, 92.5% of respondents have at least one type of license with majority agreed that occurrence of accidents resulted in an increase in road safety awareness. The study found that more than half of the participants could not recognise road sign like parking totally prohibited and speed limit ends here. While, 38% of them correctly identified posted speed limit for expressway. Overall, participants have fair understanding on road safety. Therefore, road safety programmes and education are still relevant to university students as young drivers on the road which is important to increase safety awareness.

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Applying the five-pillar matrix to the decade of action for road safety in Qatar: identifying gaps and priorities

Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open ◽

10.1136/tsaco-2018-000233 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. e000233 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Rafael Consunji ◽

Ahammed Mekkodathil ◽

Aisha Abeid ◽

Ayman El-Menyar ◽

Hassan Al-Thani ◽

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Keyword(s):

Road Safety ◽

Safety Management ◽

Road Traffic ◽

Action Plan ◽

Initial Period ◽

Level Of Evidence ◽

The Road ◽

Young Drivers ◽

Road Users ◽

Arabic And English

IntroductionRoad traffic injuries (RTIs) are the leading cause of preventable death in Qatar; consequently, the country has participated in the Decade of Action for Road Safety (DoARS) coordinated by the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration (UNRSC). Its goal is to reduce the number of road traffic deaths and injuries by 50% by 2020, by implementing road safety activities, in the areas of road safety management, safer roads, safer vehicles, safer road users and postcrash response, the five pillars. This study will evaluate the initiatives and programs implemented in Qatar, during the initial period of the DoARS.MethodsA retrospective process evaluation of the compliance of national road safety activities in Qatar, with global indicators for the DoARS set by the UNRSC was conducted. A web-based online and electronic media search, in both official languages of Qatar: Arabic and English, for data and information on completed or ongoing road safety initiatives and activities implemented in Qatar, from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2016, was supplemented by personal consultation with relevant stakeholders in the road safety field.ResultsThere was complete compliance for Pillars 1 (Road Safety Management) and 2 (Safer Roads), whereas Pillars 4 (Safer Road Users) and 5 (Postcrash Response) met most of the DoARS indicators, and Pillar 3 (Safer Vehicles) complied with none.ConclusionQatar must continue to implement its present road safety activities within the Action Plan for the DoARS to achieve its goals by 2020. It must, however, implement more new efforts to require safer vehicles and make road users safer, especially those at the highest risk, that is, young drivers, occupants and workers.Level of EvidenceLevel IV.

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Young Drivers and Road Safety

The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social and Community Studies ◽

10.18848/2324-7576/cgp/v10i04/59398 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 1-17

Author(s):

Brigette Currie ◽

Janet Lynne Currie

Keyword(s):

Road Safety ◽

Young Drivers

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Reckless driving promotion and prevention: priming effects

Journal of Social Marketing ◽

10.1108/jsocm-02-2017-0012 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 220-236 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Linda Lemarié ◽

Jean-Charles Chebat ◽

François Bellavance

Keyword(s):

Social Marketing ◽

Road Safety ◽

Young Male ◽

Content Type ◽

Safety Message ◽

Positive Image ◽

Young Drivers ◽

Targeted Messages ◽

The Impact ◽

Reckless Driving

Purpose This paper aims to examine how reckless driving scenes in action movies affect young male drivers’ perception of reckless drivers and proposes a targeted social marketing strategy to counteract this effect. Design/methodology/approach The hypotheses were tested through a 2 (reckless driving scenes vs control) × 2 (road safety advertising vs control) online experiment with 151 young male drivers. Findings Reckless driving scenes in action movies prime a positive image of reckless drivers which impacts young male drivers’ attitudes and reckless driving intention. However, a road safety message specifically addressing the positive image of reckless drivers efficiently counteracts this effect. Research limitations/implications A few studies have experimentally tested the impact of reckless driving promotion on young drivers’ attitudes and intention, but none have analysed this impact in terms of the development of a positive image of reckless drivers. In addition, this study emphasises that a targeted message based on social norms can cancel the effect of reckless driving promotion and have a beneficial impact on the most risk-prone drivers. Practical implications Social marketers working in the field of road safety can improve the efficacy of their social marketing programmes by taking into consideration the positive image of reckless drivers promoted by the media. Social implications Practitioners should develop interventions and targeted messages that help young drivers cultivate a less idealised and masculine social image of reckless drivers. Originality/value This paper enhances the awareness of the effect that the media’s positive depiction of reckless drivers can have on the youth and proposes a strategy to counteract this effect.

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A Survey on Awareness of Traffic Signs among Youth in Qatar

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.587-589.2133 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 587-589 ◽

pp. 2133-2136

Author(s):

Khaled Shaaban

Keyword(s):

Road Safety ◽

Strong Relationship ◽

The United States ◽

Age Group ◽

Road Accidents ◽

Traffic Signs ◽

Significance Level ◽

Driving Experience ◽

Young Drivers ◽

Minor Injuries

In Qatar, road accidents kill approximately 200 people every year and injure or disable many others. In addition to 205 fatalities in 2010, road accidents resulted in 586 major injuries and 4,723 minor injuries in Qatar. Road accidents are responsible for approximately 18% of the total deaths in Qatar compared to approximately 2% in the United States. Young drivers are known to be a problem age group for road safety in several countries. The objective of this paper is to understand the young driver's knowledge of the traffic signs in Qatar and to determine the extent to which drivers are different in their knowledge when it comes to gender, age, and nationality. The results showed a high percentage of the young drivers were familiar with traffic signs. The results found no significant relationship between the success rate and the gender of the respondents, their nationality, and the driving experience at the 10% significance level. However, there was a strong relationship between the response and age of the respondents.

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