An explorative study of the relationship between lifestyle and driving behaviour among young drivers

The prevalence and characteristics of self-reported dangerous driving behaviours among a young cohort

“…Nevertheless, risky driving acts such as speeding, rapid lane changes and drag racing have been implicated in crashes and are behaviours synonymous with hooning. This supports the contention that hooning may be a risk factor for young people and a significant contributing factor to this age groups' over-representation in crashes (Begg & Langley, 2004;Moller, 2004;Queensland Transport, 2005b;Ozanne-Smith, 2004). …”

“…As with previous findings of other related driving behaviours, gender was a significant predictor of hooning (Begg & Langley, 2004;Moller, 2004;Ozanne-Smith, 2004). In contrast, no differences were found between age groups, although this may merely be reflective of the sample as it predominantly consisted of a younger age group e.g., 75% were under the age of 25.…”

Psychosocial function of driving as predictor of risk-taking behaviour

“…For each of the 13 activities, the respondents indicated participation or nonparticipation. The two dimensions high structure/low impulsivity and low structure/high impulsivity were developed based on an earlier study (Møller, 2004b). The two dimensions were used to make a distinction between leisure time activities that must be planned ahead and leisure time activities that can be initiated on very short notice and thus allow a high degree of impulsivity.…”

“…56% of the respondents were women. The questionnaire used consisted of a combination of questions used in earlier studies (Quimby et al, 1999;Carstensen, 2002) and questions developed specifically for this study based on results of an earlier study (Møller, 2004b).…”

Injury severity analysis of accidents involving young male drivers in Great Britain

“…land developers, (b) vehicles, which are both the manufacturer's responsibility and the responsibility of the individual/organisation who owns it and (c) users, who are generally responsible for themselves and who may be travelling for various reasons such as personal choice or out of necessity due to work. This study will concentrate upon selected users of the road system -male car drivers of the age 17 to 25 inclusive (henceforth termed "young male drivers") -as this group is over-represented in accidents (Moller, 2004, Clarke et al, 2005. According to the STATS19 (the UK traffic accident reporting system), 54,516 accidents occurred on Great Britain's roads in 2003 that resulted in at least one individual being KSI.…”