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Citation

Zafar S, Abdullah M, Javid MA, Ali N. J. Saf. Res. 2024; 89: 210-223.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2024, U.S. National Safety Council, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jsr.2024.02.012

PMID

38858045

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Aggressive behavior of drivers is a source of crashes and high injury severity. Aggressive drivers are part of the driving environment, however, excessive aggressive driving by fellow drivers may take the attention of the recipient drivers away from the road resulting in distracted driving. Such external distractions caused by the aggressive and discourteous behavior of other road users have received limited attention. These distractions caused by fellow drivers (DFDs) may agitate recipient drivers and ultimately increase crash propensity. Aggressive driving behaviors are quite common in South Asia and, thus, it is necessary to determine their contribution to distractions and crash propensity.

METHOD: Our study aimed to evaluate the effects of DFDs using primary data collected through a survey conducted in Lahore, Pakistan. A total of 801 complete responses were obtained. Various hypotheses were defined to explore the associations between the latent factors such as DFDs, anxiety/stress (AS), anxiety-based performance deficits (APD), hostile behavior (HB), acceptability of vehicle-related distractions (AVRD), and crash propensity (CP). Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was employed as a multivariate statistical technique to test these hypotheses.

RESULTS: The results supported the hypothesis that DFDs lead to AS among recipient drivers. DFDs and AS were further found to have positive associations with APDs. Whereas, there was a significant negative association between DFD, AS, and AVRD. As hypothesized, DFD and AS had positive associations with CP, indicating that distractions caused by aggressive behaviors leads to stress and consequently enhances crash propensity. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS: The results of this study provide a statistically sound foundation for further exploration of the distractions caused by the aggressive behaviors of fellow drivers. Further, the results of this study can be utilized by the relevant authorities to alter aggressive driving behaviors and reduce DFDs.


Language: en

Keywords

Humans; Adult; Female; Male; Middle Aged; Young Adult; Pakistan; Surveys and Questionnaires; Attention; Structural equation modeling; Lahore; Latent Class Analysis; *Accidents, Traffic/statistics & numerical data/psychology; *Distracted Driving/psychology/statistics & numerical data; Aggression/psychology; Automobile Driving/psychology/statistics & numerical data; Crash; Driving behavior; External distractions

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