Citation

Al Naser NB, Hawas YE, Maraqa M. Proc. Road Saf. Four Continents Conf. 2010; 15: 1105-1116.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Conference Sponsor)

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Abstract

This paper discusses the behavioral issues of road users, and their effect on traffic safety in the UAE. It describes the process of a road user survey design, data collection, sampling, data coding, and analysis of the results using descriptive statistical analysis. The survey is designed to identify the road users behavior, and to collect public opinions regarding road users' behaviors and implications on traffic safety. The road user survey includes questions related to the causes of violations and/or accidents that road users had been involved in. The survey was distributed over the entire country (across all the emirates), and then data analyses were conducted. The paper also addresses issues of relevance to recent police accident reports. A list of recommendations is presented such as improving the role of media, and providing safety courses for new drivers. Other recommendations include providing elementary traffic safety courses to school students, and using new technologies to control and eliminate unsafe behavior of drivers.