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Kenneth H Beck1, Min Qi Wang, Alice F Yan
1University of Maryland College Park, School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral and Community Health, College Park, MD, USA. kbeck1@umd.edu
Objective:
To examine the relationship of driver dispositions with traffic safety behaviors and beliefs.
Methods:
A random digit-dial telephone survey was conducted of 796 licensed drivers.
Results:
Binary and multivariate logistic regression analyses compared hurried and nonhurried drivers and found that hurried drivers were more likely to admit to a variety of risky behaviors. They were also less likely to believe they would be ticketed for speeding and to report wearing their seat belt than were nonhurried drivers.
Conclusions:
More research is needed into identifying the underlying motivational factors of hurried drivers and what countermeasures will be most effective for them.
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