scholarly journals “Not as Safe as I Believed”: Differences in Perceived and Self-Reported Cycling Behavior between Riders and Non-Riders

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1614
Author(s):  
Sergio A. Useche ◽  
Javier Gene-Morales ◽  
Felix W. Siebert ◽  
Francisco Alonso ◽  
Luis Montoro
Keyword(s):  
Road Safety ◽  
Perceived Safety ◽  
The Road ◽  
Road Users ◽  
Positive Behaviors ◽  
Behavioral Interaction ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Traffic Violations ◽  
On The Road ◽  
Cycling Behavior

Cycling behavior remains a key issue for explaining several traffic causalities occurring every day. However, recent studies have shown how the assessment of the own safety-related behaviors on the road may substantially differ from how third parties assess them. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the differences between cyclists’ self-reported behavior and the proxy-reported behavior that other (non-cyclist) road users perceive from bike riders. For this purpose, this study used data from two samples: (i) 1064 cyclists (M = 32.83 years) answering the Cycling Behavior Questionnaire—CBQ, and (ii) 1070 non-cyclists (M = 30.83 years) answering an adapted version of the CBQ for external raters—ECBQ. The results show how the self-reported and proxy-reported behaviors of cyclists greatly differ in terms of all behavioral factors composing the CBQ model, i.e., traffic violations, riding errors, and positive behaviors. Also, external raters (non-cyclists) are those targeting significantly riskier behaviors than those self-reported by cyclists. These discrepancies between perceived behaviors may give rise to conflicting viewpoints on the interaction between bicycle riders and other road users. Therefore, this study underscores the importance of behavioral awareness, providing highlights for future studies on the behavioral interaction between cyclists and other road users. Results can be used to improve the road safety of all road users by giving indications on self-and proxy-perceived safety-related behaviors and visibility of protective riding habits.

scholarly journals The efficacy of road safety education to prevent pedestrian fatalities in Limpopo Province (South Africa)

2022 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 995-1009
Author(s):  
Mmakwena Modipa ◽  
Sean Kockott ◽  
Adewale Olutola
Keyword(s):  
Road Safety ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Safety Education ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Education Department ◽  
The Road ◽  
Civil Society Organisations ◽  
Road Users ◽  
On The Road

This paper explores road safety education to prevent pedestrian fatalities in Limpopo Province. Pedestrian safety remains one of the main challenges for road safety authorities as many road users are losing their lives on the road. The inability of both pedestrians and motorists to understand and interpret the rules of the road is a major problem in Limpopo Province. The study utilised quantitative approach. The sample consisted of 195 respondents. Comprises of 15 civil engineering companies, 23 civil society organisations, 52 community members, 51 teachers and 54 traffic police officials. The findings from the study revealed among many others, that 64.1% of respondents agreed that non-involvement of parents in road safety education contribute to pedestrian fatalities; 61% of the respondents agreed that ineffective scholar patrol contribute to pedestrian fatalities; 67.2% of the respondents agreed that lack of professional support in road safety contribute to pedestrian fatalities and 72% of the respondents agreed that limited resources in road safety contribute to pedestrian fatalities. Based on the findings, the author provided, possible recommendations such as; Department of Transport and Education should involve parents/guardians in road safety education; Department of Education should review scholar patrol to ensure that it assist positively in preventing pedestrian fatalities; Traffic authorities should partner with academics to provide road safety policies and strategies; Department of Transport should partner with private sector to provide resources for road safety education in Limpopo Province.

scholarly journals Are Your Eyes “on the Road”? Findings from the 2019 National Study on Vision and Driving Safety in Spain

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (9) ◽  
pp. 3195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ignacio Lijarcio ◽  
Sergio A. Useche ◽  
Javier Llamazares ◽  
Luis Montoro
Keyword(s):  
Visual Field ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Driving Safety ◽  
National Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Road ◽  
Road Users ◽  
On The Road ◽  
Visual Health

Background: Vision is an undisputable contributor to the explanation of many human-factor related traffic crashes happening every day. The Inland Transport Committee (ITC), the United Nations regulatory platform, included on 1st April 2020 special action on the vision of road users inside the ITC Recommendations for Enhancing Road Safety Systems. The results of this wide-scale study on drivers’ vision health conducted in Spain perfectly illustrates the need of global action and its potential impact on the public health figures and the burden of potentially preventable traffic causalities. Objective: The aim of this study was to assess three key visual health issues (i.e., visual acuity, visual field campimetry and glare recovery) among Spanish drivers, in order to formulate implications and possible guidelines to enhance road safety. Methods: This cross-sectional study examined the visual health of a representative sample of 3249 drivers (70% females and 30% males) with a mean age of 41 (SD = 13) years, gathered from all the 17 autonomous communities of Spain. Results: The tests performed allowed to determine that 15% of Spanish drivers have a poor photopic vision, while 38% of them present an inadequate mesopic vision. Further, 23% of drivers have deficiencies in peripheric visual field campimetry, and the average time for full-vision recovery after a 10-s glare was 27 s. Sex, age and driver type (professional vs. non-professional) differences were found for the study variables. Conclusions: The findings of this study support the idea that certain demographic-based population groups of drivers present several unaddressed deficiencies and impairments in visual health. Overall an estimated 29.5% of Spanish drivers present visual issues, that need to be attended in order to enhance the prevention of driving crashes and the road safety of all road users.

scholarly journals RANCANG BANGUN PROTOTYPE SISTEM PENDETEKSI PELANGGARAN PADA ZEBRA CROSS DI LAMPU LALU LINTAS BERBASIS ARDUINO

Foristek ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Uswatun Hasanah ◽  
Mery Subito ◽  
Muhammad Aristo Indrajaya
Keyword(s):  
Response Speed ◽  
Average Response ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
Traffic Lights ◽  
The Road ◽  
Laser Sensors ◽  
Road Users ◽  
Traffic Violations ◽  
Road Intersections ◽  
On The Road

Current road users cannot be separated from the number of violators, therefore traffic lights are made to regulate traffic on the road. At traffic lights, there is also a zebra crossing which serves as a means of crossing the road for pedestrians. To minimize violations at road intersections, researchers designed a tool to detect traffic violations. Traffic violation detection tool is made in prototype form using a control system with Arduino nano and software. This traffic light system uses LDR and laser sensors to detect these violations by cutting the laser which sends light to the LDR. This tool is also equipped with a webcam camera that functions to photograph violations that occur and a buzzer that functions as a warning to officers and riders in the event of a violation with an average response speed of the webcam of 2.37 seconds and the average response speed of the buzzer is 0.4 seconds. . The snapshot from the webcam is saved automatically on your PC / Laptop.

ESTABLISHMENT OF A UNIFORM ROUTE GUIDANCE SYSTEM IN UKRAINE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE WORLD’S BEST PRACTICES TO IMPROVE ROAD SAFETY

2021 ◽  
pp. 36-45
Author(s):  
Liydmila Nagrebelna ◽  
Alla Kononenko
Keyword(s):  
Road Safety ◽  
Information Provision ◽  
Guidance System ◽  
Route Guidance ◽  
Road Accidents ◽  
The Road ◽  
Traffic Conditions ◽  
Road Users ◽  
Route Direction ◽  
On The Road

Route guidance tools have a significant impact on road safety on public roads, as they carry important information on route guidance: provide drivers with information on the location on a specified road, regularly confirm the planned direction of movement, timely inform road users about the change of specified route direction and indicate the distance to the final object. This is very important information for the driver and it is difficult to overestimate it in road safety. Timely informing of drivers on the route direction will allow them carrying out adjustments in advance and feel confident on the road. Ensuring the completeness of route guidance information prevents emergency braking of vehicles in the area of traffic junctions and violation of the maneuvering rules to make a turn / turnaround in the right direction, and such maneuvers lead to road accidents. The establishment of a uniform route guidance system will reduce the road accident level and the cost of transportation due to excessive mileage of vehicles in the case of wrong route and help the drivers freely and easily get to their destination. The main need for information is felt by the drivers of vehicles whose actions directly impact the road safety. This, in turn, determines the basic principles and requirements for the composition, placement and choice of information tools. During the trip, the drivers need the information that would allow them navigating freely on the roads when passing the selected route that will relieve the stress of drivers and reduce the probability of road accidents, as well as increase the capacity of roads. It helps the drivers to adjust the previously selected route taking into account the real traffic conditions during the trip thereby minimizing the time consumption. To navigate the roads during movement, the drivers need the information about streets, objects and directions. Such information is provided by information signs, with which the road network must be equipped in sufficient quantity. The information provision should differ depending on the settlements, public roads and traffic conditions. A comprehensive solution of the issue of quality information provision to the road users can be achieved only by establishing a uniform route guidance system for road users which will take into account the needs for information of different categories of road users.

scholarly journals Road Safety Analysis of High-Risk Roads: Case Study in Baja California, México

Safety ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Marco Montoya-Alcaraz ◽  
Alejandro Mungaray-Moctezuma ◽  
Julio Calderón-Ramírez ◽  
Leonel García ◽  
Cynthia Martinez-Lazcano
Keyword(s):  
Road Safety ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Surface Condition ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
The Road ◽  
Road Users ◽  
Operative Strategies ◽  
Risk Areas ◽  
On The Road

The objective of this research is to develop a useful procedure to assess and identify risks that promote accidents by road users, with the vision of improving safety through the implementation and technical employment of operative strategies. The relevance of this proposal lies in the fact that the issue of traffic accidents is a global problem. This project is located in the mountain range of Baja California, Mexico, in the Centinela–La Rumorosa highway and integrates accidental and pavement surface condition data, geometric design performance, analysis of traffic signals, and road safety devices present on the road using geodetic techniques. It is concluded that this procedure contributes to determining risk areas that promote accidents and generate a risk reduction plan to support future decision-making that guarantees better performance for road users. Furthermore, it is highlighted that the analysis of road safety must be a permanent process for those who operate, design, and build the road system.

scholarly journals GENERAL SOCIAL AND SPECIAL-CRIMINOLOGICAL MEASURES TO PREVENT CRIMINAL OFFENSES IN THE FIELD OF ROAD SAFETY

2021 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 115-125
Author(s):  
Pylyp Epryntsev ◽  
◽  
Yevhenii Zhuchenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
The Road ◽  
Criminal Offenses ◽  
Traffic Violations ◽  
Illegal Acts ◽  
Precautionary Measures ◽  
On The Road ◽  
Traffic Rules

In the article the authors consider general social and special-criminological measures of prevention of criminal offenses in the field of road safety. It is pointed out that, for the most part, such criminal offenses are the result of criminally unlawful negligence and arrogance. Therefore, it cannot be said that the lion's share is committed by drivers with direct intent in order to obtain socially dangerous consequences. There are still cases caused by traffic violations by pedestrians, which significantly complicates the forecasting of such illegal acts, and therefore the timely creation of precautionary measures. The author points out that conditionally all the reasons related to the violation of traffic rules can be divided into: 1) the reasons due to the negligent attitude of the driver to perform their duties on the road (intoxication, loss of attention, etc.); 2) the reasons caused by careless attitude of pedestrians to traffic rules; 3) the reasons caused by the careless attitude of employees of service centers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to performance of the duties. Thus, the main unifying factor is the negligence of the subjects involved in the organization of traffic. It is concluded that a number of criminological strategies for the prevention of criminal offenses in the field of traffic have been successfully implemented in our country. However, most of these strategies do not meet the requirements and realities of today, and therefore the criminological picture of traffic accidents remains consistently negative. This indicates the need to revise general social and special criminological measures and means of prevention, which will not only reduce the number of such socially dangerous acts, but also improve the general criminal law and criminological statistics.

CERTAIN SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATION AND PROPAGANDA SAFE BEHAVIOR ON THE ROAD

2021 ◽  
pp. 107-110
Author(s):  
О.О. Марокко
Keyword(s):  
Road Safety ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Psychological Aspects ◽  
Life Support System ◽  
Entire Life ◽  
The Road ◽  
The Subject ◽  
On The Road ◽  
Social Advertising ◽  
The Relationship

В статье рассматриваются некоторые социально-психологические аспекты повышения эффективности социальной рекламы в области безопасности дорожного движения. Автором отмечено, что для достижения цели субъект пропаганды дол- жен осознать взаимосвязь между его индивидуальным поведением на дороге и надежностью всей системы жизнеобеспечения. The article discuses some of the socio-psychological aspects of increasing of social advertising in the field of road safety. The author notes that in order to achieve the goal, the subject of propaganda must aware of the relationship between his individual behavior on the road and the reliability of the entire life support system.

CHILDREN ROAD SAFETY AWARENESS: DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A ROAD SAFETY APPLICATION

2015 ◽  
Vol 77 (29) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nassiriah Shaari ◽  
Aeni Zuhana Saidin ◽  
Asmidah Alwi
Keyword(s):  
Road Safety ◽  
Web Application ◽  
Interactive Multimedia ◽  
Road Accidents ◽  
Design And Development ◽  
The Road ◽  
Usability Test ◽  
Safety Awareness ◽  
Safety Application ◽  
On The Road

Road safety campaigns and programs have been extensively introduced and implemented in Malaysia. However, their effectiveness is still being debated. Children especially will become the unfortunate victims of road accidents if they are unaware of the danger and precaution actions to be safe on the road. In response to that, this paper introduces an application as an alternative that inculcates road safety awareness to further support existing related programs and campaigns. Particularly, an interactive web application incorporating interactive multimedia elements has been designed and evaluated. Results on the usability test indicate a promising success and highlight aspects and issues that can be further focused for improvement and enhancement. 

scholarly journals The Effects of ITS Application in Speed Management on State Road From Mali Pozarevac to Kragujevac

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomislav Petrović ◽  
Miloš Milosavljević ◽  
Milan Božović ◽  
Danislav Drašković ◽  
Milija Radović
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Traffic Management ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Speed Limit ◽  
Accident Risk ◽  
The Road ◽  
Road Users ◽  
Speed Management ◽  
On The Road

The application of intelligent transport systems (hereinafter ITSs) on roads enables continuous monitoring of road users during a whole year with the aim to collect good-quality data based on which the more complex analyses could be done, such as monitoring of certain traffic safety indicators. Automatic traffic counters are one of the most commonly implemented ITSs for collecting traffic flow parameters that are relevant for traffic management on state roads in Republic of Serbia. This paper presents one of the possible ways to collect, analyze and present data on road users’ speeds using automatic traffic counters, where certain traffic safety indicators are analyzed in terms of road users’ compliance with the speed limit on the road section from Mali Pozarevac to Kragujevac. Based on the analyses of data downloaded from automatic traffic counters, it is observed that an extremely high percentage of vehicles drive at speed higher than the speed limit, indicating clearly to higher traffic accident risk, as well as to the need for a tendency to implement speed management on roads using ITS in the forthcoming period.

scholarly journals The system of removing slush in passenger cars - a concept

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (12) ◽  
pp. 217-220
Author(s):  
Michał Rubach ◽  
Konrad Waluś
Keyword(s):  
Atmospheric Pressure ◽  
Road Safety ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Dew Point ◽  
Passenger Cars ◽  
Dew Point Temperature ◽  
The Road ◽  
On The Road ◽  
Vehicle Movement ◽  
Temperature Surface

The appearance of slush on the road is determined by the intensity of precipitation, ambient temperature, surface and dew point temperature, atmospheric pressure and road traffic. The condition of slush (mixture of snow, ice, sand and chemicals such as salt) significantly affects the scope of road safety and the acceleration achieved in the driving processes. The agglomeration of slush in the space between the wheel and the wheel arches increases the resistance of the vehicle movement and increases the load on the suspension system and the steering. Excess snow and ice increases the risk of damage to these systems and may affect the steering and stability of the vehicle. The process of "deposition" of slush is particularly noticeable in environmental conditions with high humidity, and ambient and surface temperatures are below zero degrees Celsius. The article presents the idea of a system for removing slush from wheelhouse liners.

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