@article{ref1,
title="Potential impacts of invasion on driving behavior and road safety in Kuwait",
journal="Journal of traffic medicine",
year="1998",
author="Koushki, Parviz A. and Al-Bustan, M. A.",
volume="26",
number="1-2",
pages="45-53",
abstract="Objective: Physical and emotional variables such as attentiveness, attitudes towards other road-users, impatience and anger are frequently cited as human-related errors in traffic accidents. This research paper examines the impacts of the Iraqi invasion on attitudes, driving behavior and road traffic accidents in Kuwait. Method: A random sample of 1,117 young drivers was conducted. Results: The findings indicated that a significant percentage of young college student drivers suffered from a variety of physical, emotional and psychological abuses by the invading army. They included harassments, attacks, imprisonments, tortures and rapes. These traumatic experiences have also left notable pest-invasion adverse impacts on attitudes and driving behavior. Conclusion: For a significant percentage of the sample population, driving behavior and attitudes toward traffic rules and regulations had worsened; driving speed had increased; attentiveness and patience while driving had decreased; and, due to a general feeling of anxiety and nervousness, the amount of daily times spent driving had increased. A significant post-invasion increase in the number of road accidents was also reported by the study population.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0345-5564",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}