Factors that Dissuade Young Drivers from Committing Traffic Violations

Bibliographic Data

ID13675751
AuthorsMarie-Line Felonneau (Université Victor Segalen-Bordeaux 2, corresponding author), Florence Aigrot (Université Victor Segalen-Bordeaux 2), Elsa Causse (Université Victor Segalen-Bordeaux 2)
Year2009
Volume104
Issue2
Pages489-499
Publication date2009-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.104.2.489-499
PMID19610479
OpenAlexW2123844634
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited36

During a period of overinvolvement of young drivers in road accidents and an increasing number of police checks, this study was done to identify factors dissuading individuals from committing traffic violations in this segment of the population. The model used examines the perceptions of accident risk and risk of getting a ticket. A special questionnaire was designed to investigate the following subscales: Driving Offences Declared, Perceived Danger, Perceived Police Check, and Perceived Impunity. The sample tested included 514 young adults (324 men, 187 women). Analysis showed committing traffic violations was inhibited mainly by fear of danger. Sex and mileage covered influenced violations: women had a lower Driving Offences Declared score than men, and high-mileage drivers declared committing more violations than low-mileage drivers. Further, those who had ever been ticketed and who had been involved in an accident had higher scores for Driving Offences Declared

Computer security · Environmental health · Impunity · Medical emergency · Perception · Poison control · Political science · Population · Sample (material · Ticket · Applied Psychology · Computer Science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Injury Epidemiology and Prevention · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Traffic and Road Safety

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