00983290

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https://doi.org/10.3141/1878-10

http://scholar.google.com...reas&publication_year=2004

A pedestrian and traffic safety study was conducted in San Diego County, California, with 1,587 adult and teenage traffic violators who were attending traffic school. The surveys were disaggregated on the basis of respondents' demographic characteristics. There were 589 Spanish speakers and 998 English speakers. The surveys measured respondents' safe driving score and correlated the score with their assessment of safety and the level of aggression shown toward pedestrians in six photographs. Photographs were selected to depict certain pedestrian and driving environments and pedestrian-vehicle interactions. The photographs were used as a means of assessing the drivers' level of sensitivity to pedestrian environments. Respondents were asked to assess drivers' behaviors on certain roads, their levels of aggression toward pedestrians, and the quality of sidewalks. Responses to the photographs were analyzed with demographic differences (adults and teen, Spanish and English) and the safe driving measure scores. Significant differences were found in the responses on the basis of driving measure and demographic differences. Many respondents were unaware of California laws related to pedestrian's rights and duties when sidewalks are missing. They were also insensitive to pedestrian-driver conflict situations. Some of the lack in understanding or empathy toward pedestrians is due to inadequate treatment of pedestrian safety issues in the literature on aggressive driving. On the basis of this research, it is felt that aggressive acts toward pedestrians need to be included in the definition of aggressive driving so that drivers are made aware of the rights of pedestrians.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1878, Pedestrians and Bicycles; Developing Countries.

00983280

English

p. 75-82

2004

Transportation Research Record

0309094720

Photos (6) ; References (27) ; Tables (2)

Aggression; Behavior; Comprehension; Demographics; Drivers; Environment; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrian vehicle interface; Photographs; Sidewalks; Surveys; Traffic conflicts; Traffic safety; Traffic violators; Walking

Pedestrian rights

San Diego County (California)

Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Society; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor

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