| Summary |
Wei-Tang Tsai, 2008.06
Department of Transportation Technology and Management National Chiao Tung University
The study mainly discusses what kind of elements influence drivers’ driving skills and positive driving behavior. Factors are categorized into three phases according to the process of obtaining the license: the road driving before training, while training and after obtaining the license. Driving skills are measured by DSI. With the factor analysis, driving skills include three aspects, basic driving skills, advanced driving skills and safety driving skills. Positive driver behaviors are measured by DBQ. With the factor analysis, positive driver behaviors include three aspects, helping smooth traffic flow, being polite to other road users, and paying attention to other road users. Rasch is used to analyze the relation between drivers’ driving skills and positive driver behaviours. Based on the statistics, each aspect is influenced by different factors. Among them, drivers’ driving skills are mostly influenced by the road driving experience after obtaining the license. For the part of drivers’ personality, they have no strong relation with driving skills. However, “being polite to other road users” and “agreeableness” have strong positive relation with positive driving behaviors. The analysis of the accidents and the violations show that “safety driving skills” will influence the occurrence of the accidents, while “basic and advanced driving skills”, “safety driving skills” and “helping smooth traffic flow ” will influence the occurrence of the violations. |
