Citation

Montoro Gonzalez L, Roca Ruiz J, Tortosa Gil F. Psicothema 2008; 20(4): 652-658.

Vernacular Title

Influencia del permiso de conduccion por puntos en el comportamiento al volante:

Affiliation

Universitat de València (UVEG).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Departamento de Psicología de la Universidad de Oviedo, Publisher Colegio Oficial de Psicológicas de Asturias)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

18940064

Abstract

Influence of the penalty point system on driving behaviour: Drivers' point of view. On July 1, 2006 a penalty point system was introduced in Spain. One year later, a reduction of 14.3% was observed in road traffic casualties, whilst the previous year that figure was 4.9%. A national telephone survey was conducted on a sample of 2.014 respondents to explore the drivers' point of view about the influence of the penalty point system on driving behaviour. Results point to a moderate behavioural change, mainly in relation to speeding and mobile phone misuse, this change being slightly more intense in drivers who were fined during the previous year. Awareness of road traffic accidents increased in around 40% of drivers. Lastly, mobility loss stands out as the most worrying and presumably most influential consequence of driving license loss.

Language: es