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Title:

Measuring Aggressive Driving Behavior Using a Driving Simulator: An Exploratory Study
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Accession Number:

01514936

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

Aggressive driving is typically stimulated by impatience, frustration, or anger and manifests itself through unsafe driving behaviors such as running red lights, traffic weaving, or tailgating. Studying aggressive driving behavior is important since such behavior has been shown to be a major cause of traffic accidents and quantifying it and its determinants can help design programs that aim at reducing aggressive driving behavior. This paper studies aggressive driving behavior of university students by using a driving simulator to generate certain events in the traffic \environment and evaluate drivers’ reactions to those events. The study aims at testing two hypotheses. The first hypothesis is that a series of frustrating events in the driving environment may instigate drivers to drive aggressively even if they may be non-aggressive by nature. The second hypothesis is that the level of trait aggressiveness influences the extent to which drivers react aggressively to frustrating events in the traffic environment. To test these hypotheses, an experimental procedure is used whereby a sample of student subjects at the American University of Beirut are recruited to drive through traffic scenarios represented in the driving simulator and aiming at instigating the subjects’ aggressiveness. Overall, the results indicate that there is evidence to support both hypotheses.

Supplemental Notes:

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Monograph Accession #:

01501394

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

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Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Abou-Zeid, Maya
Kaysi, Isam
Al-Naghi, Hani

Pagination:

19p

Publication Date:

2011

Conference:

3rd International Conference on Road Safety and Simulation

Location: Indianapolis Indiana, United States
Date: 2011-9-14 to 2011-9-16
Sponsors: Purdue University; Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; Photos; References; Tables

Candidate Terms:

Aggressive driving

Subject Areas:

Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 17 2013 2:42PM