Commuters' concern for the environment and knowledge of the effects of vehicle emissions

Walton, Darren; Thomas, Joan A.; Dravitzki, V K

doi:10.1016/j.trd.2004.04.001

Cited by 29 publications

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“…The prestige items formed a 4-item prestige scale that had a Cronbach's alpha of 0.71. Seven items examine environmental concern, including items examining the concepts of futility and fatalism (Walton et al, 2003). The environmental concern items formed a 5-item scale that had a Cronbach's alpha of 0.8.…”

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Vehicle Size and Driver Perceptions of Safety

Thomas

Walton

2008

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

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A sample of 496 car and sport utility vehicle (SUV) drivers responded to questionnaires that examined attitudes toward vehicle size and safety. The aim of this research is to determine whether drivers perceive larger vehicles to be safer and whether this concern for safety motivates drivers to purchase SUVs. Alternatively, non-safety influences are also examined, including environmental concern, vehicle power, prestige, and vehicle utility. Perceptions that large vehicle are safer, off-road use, and prestige all relate strongly to SUV use. The safety arguments raised by SUV drivers appear to be based on an egocentric concern for ''bigger is safer'' rather than a broader understanding of vehicle fleet safety. To encourage sustainable transport, it is suggested that road safety policy should shift drivers' concerns from personal collision protection to overall road user protection.

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confidence: 99%

Vehicle Size and Driver Perceptions of Safety

Thomas

Walton

2008

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

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“…First, the review shows that where providing information increases environmental knowledge, this raises concern, reduces fatalism and increases the intention of the consumer to change behaviour [38]. As suggested by the Theory of Planned Behaviour (and confirmed by the literature review), this may not be sufficient to promote more sustainable consumer behaviour, but it is often a necessary precursor.…”

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confidence: 96%

The adoption of cleaner vehicles in the UK: exploring the consumer attitude–action gap

Lane¹,

Potter

2007

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…Previous studies have used different dimensions to assess mechanisms that can overcome awareness gaps. Some research has suggested that as environmental problems increase, antecedent motivation of people's pro-environmental behavior can change (Maloney and Ward, 1973;Walton et a. 2004).…”

Section: Low-carbon Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 99%