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Citation

FĂ©lonneau ML, Aigrot F, Causse E. Psychol. Rep. 2009; 104(2): 489-499.

Affiliation

Laboratoire de Psychologie, Universite Victor Segalen, Bordeaux 2, 3 ter place de la Victoire, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France. Marie-line.felonneau@u-bordeaux2.fr

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

19610479

Abstract

During a period of overinvolvement of young drivers in road accidents and an increasing number of police checks, this study was done to identify factors dissuading individuals from committing traffic violations in this segment of the population. The model used examines the perceptions of accident risk and risk of getting a ticket. A special questionnaire was designed to investigate the following subscales: Driving Offences Declared, Perceived Danger, Perceived Police Check, and Perceived Impunity. The sample tested included 514 young adults (324 men, 187 women). Analysis showed committing traffic violations was inhibited mainly by fear of danger. Sex and mileage covered influenced violations: women had a lower Driving Offences Declared score than men, and high-mileage drivers declared committing more violations than low-mileage drivers. Further, those who had ever been ticketed and who had been involved in an accident had higher scores for Driving Offences Declared.


Language: en

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