Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt.
PLoS One. 2020 Sep 3;15(9):e0238516. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238516. eCollection 2020.
This study aimed to investigate whether young and old non-professional drivers in South Egypt have aberrant driving behaviors compared with their middle-aged counterparts.
In this cross-sectional study, a total of 1764 non-professional drivers aged ≥ 19 years, residing in Beni-Suef in South Egypt, and having ≥ one year of driving experience were randomly selected. All drivers were asked to fill out a self-administered questionnaire, including personal information, driving habits, and the Arabic version of the Driver Behavior Questionnaire which evaluates driving violations, errors, and lapses.
This study included 560 young drivers (19-25 years), 850 middle-aged drivers (26-59 years), and 354 old drivers (≥ 60 years). Compared with middle-aged drivers, young drivers reported more non-use of the seatbelt, eating while driving, and driving while feeling drowsy. Old drivers, in contrast, showed more careful driving behaviors including fewer violations, errors, and lapses and less likelihood of driving while feeling sleepy.
This study supports the conception that young drivers pose less careful driving habits. Initiating educational programs targeting young drivers to improve their driving habits and create a traffic safety culture in Egypt is highly warranted.
本研究旨在调查埃及南部的年轻和年长非职业驾驶员与中年驾驶员相比是否存在异常驾驶行为。
在这项横断面研究中，共随机选择了 1764 名年龄≥19 岁、居住在埃及南部贝尼苏韦夫且具有≥1 年驾驶经验的非职业驾驶员。所有驾驶员均被要求填写一份自我管理问卷，包括个人信息、驾驶习惯以及评估驾驶违规、失误和疏忽的阿拉伯语版驾驶员行为问卷。
本研究包括 560 名年轻驾驶员（19-25 岁）、850 名中年驾驶员（26-59 岁）和 354 名老年驾驶员（≥60 岁）。与中年驾驶员相比，年轻驾驶员报告称更不系安全带、边开车边吃东西和边开车边感到困倦。相比之下，老年驾驶员表现出更谨慎的驾驶行为，包括违规、失误和疏忽较少，且更不容易在感到困倦时开车。
本研究支持年轻驾驶员表现出较差的驾驶习惯的观点。在埃及启动针对年轻驾驶员的教育计划，以改善他们的驾驶习惯并建立交通安全文化非常有必要。
