The effects of motor impulsiveness and optimism bias on risky driving behavior in Chinese urban areas

Author

Li Jiang ; Yongjuan Li ; Liu, Xueyuan

Author_Institution

Inst. of Psychol., Univ. of Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing

fYear

2008

fDate

12-15 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

605

Lastpage

609

Abstract

The present study investigated the influence of motor impulsiveness and optimism bias on self-reported risky driving behavior. Two components of risky driving behavior, angry driving and traffic violation for convenience were identified. Structural Equation Modeling results supported motor impulsiveness directly predicting angry driving and traffic violation for convenience, with optimism bias partially mediating the relationship between motor impulsiveness and angry driving. Traffic violation for convenience was significantly related to safety performance. Practical implications and safety interventions were discussed.

Keywords

behavioural sciences; road accidents; road safety; road traffic; Chinese urban areas; angry driving; motor impulsiveness; risky driving behavior; safety interventions; structural equation modeling; traffic violation; Cities and towns; Current measurement; Equations; Intelligent transportation systems; Predictive models; Psychology; Road accidents; Safety; Traffic control; Urban areas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2008. ITSC 2008. 11th International IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2111-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2112-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITSC.2008.4732582

Filename

4732582