Monash University Accident Research Centre, 21 Alliance Way, Australia.
Monash University Accident Research Centre, 21 Alliance Way, Australia; Queensland University of Technology, School of Psychology and Counselling, Queensland, Australia.
J Safety Res. 2022 Sep;82:438-449. doi: 10.1016/j.jsr.2022.07.011. Epub 2022 Jul 25.
Aggressive driving contributes to crashes, which often result in serious or fatal injuries. Efforts to reduce road trauma need to include strategies to reduce emotional and aggressive driving. Thus far, solutions have not comprehensively addressed the reasons why drivers become aggressive. This study provides preliminary evidence of the effectiveness of the Reduce Aggressive driving (RAD) program in improving driver behavior. The RAD is based on group discussion, feedback, and goal setting to encourage more positive responses to triggers for aggressive driving. The aim of this study was to evaluate the delivery of the RAD and its impact on driver anger and aggression.
A total of 94 drivers, ranging in age from 18 to 74 years (Mean = 38; SD = 15; 56% males) attended one two-hour online RAD session during which they identified triggers for their aggression and developed individual strategies to avoid aggressive driving. Most (87%) participants agreed that the RAD helped them generate realistic strategies to avoid aggressive driving. A subset of 67 participants provided self-reported anger and aggressive driving tendencies one month, and four months after the RAD.
When these were compared to baseline measures taken before participation in the RAD, decreases across all measures were observed. Thus, anger and aggressive driving significantly decreased one month after the RAD, and these decreases were maintained at the four month follow up; providing evidence of the effectiveness of the RAD in reducing these dangerous behaviors. Further research is needed to objectively measure changes in behavior to and support broader roll-out of the RAD program.
攻击性驾驶会导致事故，而事故往往会导致严重或致命的伤害。减少道路创伤的努力需要包括减少情绪和攻击性驾驶的策略。到目前为止，还没有综合解决驾驶员变得具有攻击性的原因。本研究初步证明了减少攻击性驾驶（RAD）计划在改善驾驶员行为方面的有效性。RAD 基于小组讨论、反馈和目标设定，鼓励对攻击性驾驶的触发因素做出更积极的反应。本研究的目的是评估 RAD 的实施情况及其对驾驶员愤怒和攻击性的影响。
共有 94 名年龄在 18 至 74 岁之间的驾驶员（平均年龄为 38 岁；标准差为 15 岁；56%为男性）参加了一次为期两小时的在线 RAD 课程，在此期间，他们确定了引发攻击性的触发因素，并制定了避免攻击性驾驶的个人策略。大多数（87%）参与者同意 RAD 帮助他们生成了避免攻击性驾驶的现实策略。67 名参与者中的一部分在 RAD 后一个月和四个月提供了自我报告的愤怒和攻击性驾驶倾向。
与 RAD 参与前的基线测量值相比，所有测量值都有所下降。因此，RAD 后一个月愤怒和攻击性驾驶显著下降，并且这些下降在四个月的随访中得以维持；这证明了 RAD 在减少这些危险行为方面的有效性。需要进一步的研究来客观地衡量行为的变化，并支持 RAD 计划的更广泛推广。
