Suleman Dawood School of Business, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore 54792, Pakistan.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia; Interdisciplinary Center of Smart Mobility and Logistics, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, P.O. Box 5067, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.
J Safety Res. 2024 Jun;89:210-223. doi: 10.1016/j.jsr.2024.02.012. Epub 2024 Mar 12.
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.
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.
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.
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.
驾驶员的攻击性行为是碰撞和高伤害严重程度的一个来源。攻击性驾驶员是驾驶环境的一部分，然而，其他驾驶员过度的攻击性驾驶可能会使接收驾驶员的注意力从道路上转移，导致驾驶分心。其他道路使用者的不礼貌和攻击性行为造成的这种外部干扰受到的关注有限。这些由其他驾驶员（DFD）引起的干扰可能会激怒接收驾驶员，并最终增加事故倾向。攻击性驾驶行为在南亚很常见，因此，有必要确定它们对干扰和事故倾向的影响。
我们的研究旨在通过在巴基斯坦拉合尔进行的一项调查收集的原始数据来评估 DFD 的影响。共获得了 801 份完整的回复。定义了各种假设来探索 DFD、焦虑/压力 (AS)、基于焦虑的表现缺陷 (APD)、敌对行为 (HB)、可接受的与车辆相关的干扰 (AVRD) 和事故倾向 (CP) 等潜在因素之间的关联。结构方程模型 (SEM) 被用作测试这些假设的多变量统计技术。
结果支持了这样一种假设，即 DFD 会导致接收驾驶员产生 AS。DFD 和 AS 进一步被发现与 APD 呈正相关。然而，DFD、AS 和 AVRD 之间存在显著的负相关。正如假设的那样，DFD 和 AS 与 CP 呈正相关，表明由攻击性行为引起的干扰会导致压力，从而增加事故倾向。
本研究的结果为进一步探索同行驾驶员攻击性行为引起的干扰提供了统计上合理的基础。此外，这项研究的结果可以被相关当局利用来改变攻击性驾驶行为并减少 DFD。
