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TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART F-TRAFFIC PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR
Volume 80, Issue -, Pages 313-327Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2021.05.011
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Rider behavior; Drinking and riding; Speeding while riding; Texting while riding; Helmet use; Structural equation model
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This study examined the relationships between unsafe behaviors of PTW riders and their attitudes towards road safety using a structural equation model. Data from 5,958 riders from 32 countries were analyzed, revealing significant positive correlations between unsafe behaviors and latent variables. The findings suggest that riders who engage in one unsafe behavior are more likely to engage in others as well.
Powered Two-Wheeler (PTW) riders constitute a very vulnerable group of road users, while riding a PTW is considerably more dangerous than using any other motor vehicle. Behavioral issues have been identified major moderating factors to PTW crashes, as riders display great variability in their attitudes towards road safety. The aim of this paper is to present a thorough, overarching structure of relationships correlating various unsafe stated PTW rider behaviors (riding after alcohol consumption, speeding, helmet use and texting) with several self-reported attitude parameters and factors regarding rider perspectives on traffic rule strictness and social desirability. A structural equation model (SEM) was developed using data from the ESRA2 survey, which provided a broad sample encompassing 5,958 respondent riders from 32 countries. Numerous statistical relationships were discovered and quantified correlating the four examined unsafe rider behaviors with eight latent unobserved variables. All covariances between unsafe behaviors were found to be positive and statistically significant, indicating that a rider who will engage more frequently in every single one of the four examined unsafe riding behaviors is more likely to also engage in all the others as well. (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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