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Aberrant driving behaviour: errors and violations
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Aberrant driving behaviour: errors and violations

P.N. Blockley and L.R. Hartley
Ergonomics, Vol.38(9), pp.1759-1771
1995
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Abstract

The present study was a replication of the research of Reason et al. (1990). Its aim was to confirm the distinction between driving errors and violations in a Western Australian driving population. Sixty-one male drivers and 74 female drivers completed a questionnaire containing items on driver demographics, driving penalties incurred, driving convictions and accident history and driver behavioural aberrations drawn from the Driver Behaviour Questionnaire (DBQ). In agreement with Reason et al. factor analysis revealed three factors; in the present study these were general errors, dangerous errors, and dangerous violations. Young drivers committed more dangerous errors and dangerous violations than older drivers. Females reported more dangerous errors than males. Males reported more dangerous violations than females. Drivers who reported a high level of road exposure and those who reported having been convicted for speeding reported more dangerous violations. Differences in the results of the two studies can largely by accounted for by differences in the representation of age and gender in the two populations studied.

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4 Electrical Engineering, Electronics & Computer Science
4.183 Transportation
4.183.669 Traffic Safety
Web Of Science research areas
Engineering, Industrial
Ergonomics
Psychology
Psychology, Applied
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Engineering
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