The psychosocial purpose of driving and its relationship with the risky driving behaviour of young novice drivers

Scott‐Parker, Bridie; King, Mark; Watson, Barry C.

doi:10.1016/j.trf.2015.06.004

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“…The effect is in line with the notion that conscious control is closely linked to response inhibition (Dehaene et al, 2003;Mayr, 2004). This may resonate with the intuitive sense of freedom ones feels when resisting external social influence such as dissenting from the majority opinion (Imhoff & Erb, 2009) or disobeying norms such as traffic laws (Scott-Parker, King, & Watson, 2015). The sense of thrill when rebelling against, or resisting exogenous influence, might be due to the fact that simply acting contrarian increases our sense of autonomy and freedom.…”

Section: Subjective Freedom Of Choicesupporting

confidence: 70%

Mistaking opposition for autonomy: psychophysical studies on detecting choice bias

Kummen¹,

Haggard²,

Williams³

et al. 2020

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How do we avoid unwanted influence when making a choice, and how do we know when our choices are free from such influences? Research shows that human decision processes are often biased by extraneous information and by previous habits. In the present study, we investigated whether free choices are biased in the same ways, and whether the subjective feeling of choosing freely can accurately track these sources of bias. Across three studies, we presented participants with a visual target cueing one of two directions. Participants were instructed to respond by adhering to the suggested direction, to oppose it, or to ignore it and make a ‘free’ choice. We varied the frequency of occurrence of each instruction (experiment 1), of each motor response (experiment 2), and of each visual cue (experiment 3). We found that previously learned stimulus-response mapping affected the ability to make free choices, as participants tended to follow the trained mapping. Moreover, in the detachment condition, participants consistently reported stronger subjective sense of freedom when their actions opposed the cue, rather than followed it. Strikingly, when participants learned through experience to oppose a cue, subsequent free choices evoked by that cue were associated with a boost in subjective freedom, irrespective of whether the response followed or opposed the cue. Thus, the increased subjective sense of freedom associated with opposition appeared to stick to the stimulus that had been repeatedly opposed. Taken together, these findings demonstrate the strong relationship between oppositional responding and subjective experience of freedom, showing for the first time that an illusory sense of autonomy can be acquired through trained opposition.

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Section: Subjective Freedom Of Choicesupporting

confidence: 70%

Mistaking opposition for autonomy: psychophysical studies on detecting choice bias

Kummen¹,

Haggard²,

Williams³

et al. 2020

Preprint

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“…However, drivers with high-level driving experience have no significant difference in speeding occurrence compared to the low-level driving experience group. It is widely acknowledged that young novice drivers have higher accident risk than experienced drivers, which is mainly because of the lack of driving skills [ 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 ]. Therefore, they could not deal with the complex road environment and traffic situations.…”

Section: Results and Analysesmentioning

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Effect of In-Vehicle Audio Warning System on Driver’s Speed Control Performance in Transition Zones from Rural Areas to Urban Areas

Yan

Wang

2016

IJERPH

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Speeding is a major contributing factor to traffic crashes and frequently happens in areas where there is a mutation in speed limits, such as the transition zones that connect urban areas from rural areas. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of an in-vehicle audio warning system and lit speed limit sign on preventing drivers’ speeding behavior in transition zones. A high-fidelity driving simulator was used to establish a roadway network with the transition zone. A total of 41 participants were recruited for this experiment, and the driving speed performance data were collected from the simulator. The experimental results display that the implementation of the audio warning system could significantly reduce drivers’ operating speed before they entered the urban area, while the lit speed limit sign had a minimal effect on improving the drivers’ speed control performance. Without consideration of different types of speed limit signs, it is found that male drivers generally had a higher operating speed both upstream and in the transition zones and have a larger maximum deceleration for speed reduction than female drivers. Moreover, the drivers who had medium-level driving experience had the higher operating speed and were more likely to have speeding behaviors in the transition zones than those who had low-level and high-level driving experience in the transition zones.

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“…Hayley et al 15 suggested that poor emotional control may impede an individual's ability to make safe behavioral decisions while driving. Scott-Parker et al 16 examined the driving purposes reported by young drivers, including the relationship with selfreported risky driving behaviors, including offenses. Yi 17 studied the influencing factors and mechanisms of the formation of bus drivers' poor driving behavior using a combination of a questionnaire design and an empirical study investigating mainstream traffic behavior, traffic security, and traffic sociology.…”

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An assessment of the relationship between driving skills and driving behaviors among Chinese bus drivers

Zhang

et al. 2019

Advances in Mechanical Engineering

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To provide helpful suggestions to bus companies regarding reducing the number of bus accidents and improving public transportation safety, we further researched the relationship between driving skills and driving behaviors; bus drivers from six bus companies of the Hefei Bus Group were investigated. The reliability and validity of the Driver Behaviour Questionnaire, the Driver Skill Inventory, and 287 valid questionnaires were tested; the relationships between the Driver Behaviour Questionnaire and Driver Skill Inventory factors were explored; and their influence on traffic accidents was analyzed by structural equation modeling. Significant positive associations were found between driving experience and safety motive, whereas negative relationships were found between errors and safety motive. Safety motive has a negative effect on violations, and violations are the most important factor leading to traffic accidents. Therefore, bus companies should enhance safety education, and interventions should not only directly relate to the involvement of bus drivers in traffic accidents but also consider the role played by violations.

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The psychosocial purpose of driving and its relationship with the risky driving behaviour of young novice drivers

Cited by 32 publications

References 28 publications

Mistaking opposition for autonomy: psychophysical studies on detecting choice bias

Mistaking opposition for autonomy: psychophysical studies on detecting choice bias

Effect of In-Vehicle Audio Warning System on Driver’s Speed Control Performance in Transition Zones from Rural Areas to Urban Areas

An assessment of the relationship between driving skills and driving behaviors among Chinese bus drivers

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