Traffic safety climate attitudes of road users in Germany

Gehlert, Tina; Hagemeister, Carmen; Özkan, Türker

doi:10.1016/j.trf.2013.12.011

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“…Regardless of the variety of respective indicators, road safety research and practice focus on accident prevention. Thus the number of accidents is being considered the main criterion (Gehlert et al 2014). At the same time when speaking about road safety, the accent is being done at the personal damage (accidents resulting in injuries and deaths) rather than at material damage.…”

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“…Latest approaches to road safety assume improving road safety climate (Gehlert et al 2014). Road safety climate is understood as the attitudes of road users and perceptions of the traffic in a context (e.g., country) at a given point in time (Özkan, Lajunen 2011).…”

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“…Road safety climate is understood as the attitudes of road users and perceptions of the traffic in a context (e.g., country) at a given point in time (Özkan, Lajunen 2011). It is assumed that the much positive a road safety climate is perceived, the more behavioural control is be seen, and the fewer traffic violations are indented and committed (Gehlert et al 2014). Unfortunately, empirical research on road safety climate is still in its infancy (Ostroff et al 2013;Zohar 2010).…”

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Estonian Traffic Behaviour Monitoring Studies 2001–2016: Overview and Results

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One of the most significant factors affecting road safety is human. Estonia has improved road safety dramatically since its re-independence in 1991, and among the other reasons, this has happened due to changes in behaviour of road users. Likely, at the same time, there have been annual studies conducted, aimed at measuring specific indicators connected to compliance with road traffic law. As a result, one gets long-term trends in such indicators as compliance with traffic signals, usage of seat belts, yielding to pedestrians at uncontrolled crossings. This paper aims to describe Estonian traffic behaviour studies, analysing their results and pointing out actual problems in traffic behaviour. According to the results of studies, all aspects of traffic behaviour showed positive trends, but these trends are different. Certain indicators such as usage of seat belts have changed dramatically, while others like compliance with traffic signals showed only moderate changes. The foremost problem in traffic behaviour is found out to be ignorance to yield at uncontrolled pedestrian crossings. It is certainly one of the issues to deal with in the context of achieving Estonian strategic goals in road safety.

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“…Despite the obvious importance of safety climate, this concept has only recently been applied to road traffic (Gehlert et al 2014;Huang et al 2013). Zohar et al (2014) examined safety climate in a large sample of truck drivers (N = 3,758) in the United States.…”

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Transport company safety climate—The impact on truck driver behavior and crash involvement

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2016

Traffic Injury Prevention

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“…The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) posits that intentions moderate attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control in determining behavior (Ajzen, 2014). The TPB has been used in transportationrelated research on mode choice (Collum & Daigle, 2015;Gardner & Abraham, 2008), traffic safety culture (Coogan, Campbell, Adler, & Forward, 2014;Gehlert, Hagemeister, & Özkan, 2014), pedestrian distraction, crossing behaviors and risk-taking distracted pedestrians (Barton, Kologi, & Siron, 2016;Holland & Hill, 2007;Zhou & Horrey, 2010), and driver speeding and risk-taking (Musselwhite, Avineri, & Susilo, 2014;Otto, Ward, Swinford, & Linkenbach, 2014;Rowe et al, 2016). By definition, however, the TPB explains consciously-made "planned" behaviors, and is not directly applicable to behaviors that are reactive, that are made without forethought, happen with a high degree of automaticity, and which may also be guided by subconscious attitudes (Fazio, 1990 (Haworth, 2012;Haworth et al, 2014;Rakotonirainy, Haworth, Darvell, Wilson, & Haines, 2012).…”

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Drivers' Attitudes and Behaviors Toward Bicyclists: Intermodal Interactions and Implications for Road Safety

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Road safety concerns are a legitimate concern when promoting increased bicycle use. Currently, bicyclist traffic fatalities and injuries present both a public health concern and a disincentive to people taking up or continuing to bicycle for transportation. Bicycling is not an inherently a dangerous activity; automobile drivers pose the most risk of harm in crashes with bicyclists. Despite that, drivers' attitudes and behaviors toward bicyclists have not enjoyed much systematic study, particularly in the United States. This research explored the dimensions of drivers' attitudes toward bicyclists, including implicit bias and social attitudes, and examined the relationships between these attitudes and drivers' self-reported behaviors. The online survey included a cognitive test of respondents' implicit preference between drivers and bicyclists. The research questions are detailed in extends the analysis to drivers' self-report behaviors, and how demographics, individual travel behavior, attitudes, and the built environment predict drivers' behaviors related to bicyclist safety. The dissertation concludes with a discussion of the contribution to the literature on driver attitudes and behaviors, and the implications for both practice and research.ii Dedication This dissertation is dedicated to my parents, for providing me with all the opportunities in the world; my sister for her support and, when needed, tough love; and my niece, for whom I wish the brightest and happiest future.iii Acknowledgments

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Traffic safety climate attitudes of road users in Germany

Cited by 42 publications

References 16 publications

Estonian Traffic Behaviour Monitoring Studies 2001–2016: Overview and Results

Estonian Traffic Behaviour Monitoring Studies 2001–2016: Overview and Results

Transport company safety climate—The impact on truck driver behavior and crash involvement

Drivers' Attitudes and Behaviors Toward Bicyclists: Intermodal Interactions and Implications for Road Safety

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