Citation

Iversen HH. Transp. Res. F Traffic Psychol. Behav. 2004; 7(3): 135-150.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491, Trondheim, Norway

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.trf.2003.11.003

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The core aim of the current research was to investigate whether attitudes towards traffic safety issues are predictors for future risk behaviour in traffic. Examination of identical item pools measuring attitude and behaviour among the same drivers (n=1604) at two data collection points enables investigation of consistency of measurements, and also a study of the relationship between the two variables. Results show a high correlation between the dimensions of attitudes and behaviour at the two data collection points. Attitudes measured at the first survey had consistent effects on risky driving behaviour measured at the second survey. Drivers who were involved in traffic accidents or crashes in the last year took more risks when driving.