Yildirim-Yenier Zümrüt, Vingilis Evelyn, Wiesenthal David L, Mann Robert E, Seeley Jane
a Population and Community Health Unit , Department of Family Medicine, Western University , London , Canada.
Traffic Inj Prev. 2015;16(6):545-51. doi: 10.1080/15389588.2014.988331. Epub 2015 Jan 8.
Attitudes and individual difference variables of car and racing enthusiasts regarding high-risk behaviors of street racing and stunt driving have recently been investigated. Positive attitudes toward high-risk driving, personality variables such as driver thrill seeking, and other self-reported risky driving acts were associated with these behaviors. However, probable relationships among high-risk driving tendencies, everyday driving behaviors, and negative road safety outcomes have remained largely unexamined. This study aimed to investigate the associations among car and racing enthusiasts' high-risk driving attitudes, self-reported everyday driving violations (i.e., ordinary and aggressive violations), and self-reported negative outcomes (i.e., collisions and driving offense citations).
A web-based survey was conducted with members and visitors of car club and racing websites in Ontario, Canada. Data were obtained from 366 participants. The questionnaire included 4 attitude measures-(1) attitudes toward new penalties for Ontario's Street Racers, Stunt and Aggressive Drivers Legislation; (2) attitudes toward new offenses of stunt driving under the same legislation; (3) general attitudes toward street racing and stunt driving; (4) comparison of street racing with other risky driving behaviors-self-reported driving violations (i.e., ordinary and aggressive violations); self-reported collisions and offense citations; and background and driving questions (e.g., age, driving frequency).
Results revealed that attitudes toward stunt driving offenses negatively and general attitudes toward street racing and stunt driving positively predicted ordinary violations, which, in turn, predicted offense citations. Moreover, general attitudes toward street racing and stunt driving positively predicted aggressive violations, which, in turn, predicted offense citations.
The findings indicate that positive high-risk driving attitudes may be transferring to driving violations in everyday traffic, which mediates driving offense citations.
近期对汽车和赛车爱好者关于街头赛车及特技驾驶等高危行为的态度和个体差异变量进行了调查。对高危驾驶的积极态度、诸如驾驶员寻求刺激等个性变量以及其他自我报告的危险驾驶行为与这些行为相关。然而，高危驾驶倾向、日常驾驶行为和负面道路安全结果之间可能存在的关系在很大程度上仍未得到研究。本研究旨在调查汽车和赛车爱好者的高危驾驶态度、自我报告的日常驾驶违规行为（即普通违规和攻击性违规）以及自我报告的负面结果（即碰撞和驾驶违规罚单）之间的关联。
对加拿大安大略省汽车俱乐部和赛车网站的会员及访客进行了一项基于网络的调查。数据来自366名参与者。问卷包括4种态度测量——（1）对安大略省街头赛车、特技和攻击性驾驶立法新处罚的态度；（2）对同一立法下特技驾驶新罪行的态度；（3）对街头赛车和特技驾驶的总体态度；（4）将街头赛车与其他危险驾驶行为进行比较——自我报告的驾驶违规行为（即普通违规和攻击性违规）；自我报告的碰撞和违规罚单；以及背景和驾驶问题（如年龄、驾驶频率）。
结果显示，对特技驾驶罪行的态度呈负向，对街头赛车和特技驾驶的总体态度呈正向，这二者可正向预测普通违规行为，而普通违规行为又可预测违规罚单。此外，对街头赛车和特技驾驶的总体态度呈正向，可正向预测攻击性违规行为，而攻击性违规行为又可预测违规罚单。
研究结果表明，积极的高危驾驶态度可能会转化为日常交通中的驾驶违规行为，而这又会导致驾驶违规罚单。
