Road traffic offending, stress, age, and accident history among male and female drivers
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Comparisons between male and female show that both on and off the road stress is positively related with offending the traffic rules among male and female drivers. A study examines the connection between rates of offending traffic rules, accident history and stress, taking age and gender into account. The findings suggest that females feel more stress than males, irrespective of their less offending. Feminists interpret it as a result of oppression in a male-dominated society. However, a clear-cut gender divide hardly exists in stress-offending relationship. People's driving reflect their lifestyles.
Publication Name: Ergonomics
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0014-0139
Year: 1996
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Role of formal instruction and informal practice in learning to drive
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Practice and formal tuition play an important role in the acquisition of driving skills. Tuition beyond five lessons is effective only in pupils with no practice while practice is helpful to pupils with varying levels of tuition. The instructor's rating of pupils skills increases with an increase in practice and tuition, but the confidence of the pupils does not increase with either tuition or practice. Instructors have more confidence in pupils with prior hours of practice and rate them as more likely to pass the driving test than those with greater tuition.
Publication Name: Ergonomics
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0014-0139
Year: 1996
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Direct observation of driving, self reports of driver behavior, and accident involvement
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Forty-eight drivers, twenty of whom were accompanied by an observer to confirm their authenticity, responded to a written questionnaire to test the reliability of self reports. Results indicated that self reports of speed could be used as a substitute for direct observation. A definite correlation was found between erratic behavior and self reported calmness and state of mind. Speed was noted to be the predominant factor that caused accidents.
Publication Name: Ergonomics
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0014-0139
Year: 1993
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