Car crashes and dead end careers: Leisure pursuits of the Finnish subculture of the kortteliralli street racing

Vaaranen, Heli; Wieloch, Neil

doi:10.1177/110330880201000104

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“…Although there are high prevalence of motorcar illegal racers in developed countries such as Australia, the UK, and the USA (Vaaranen, 2002;Vaaranen & Wieloch, 2004;Warn, et al, 2004), little is known about illegal street racing among motorcyclists who participating in intervention program. As there are limited research on illegal street racing (Vingilis & Smart, 2009), various research efforts have to be carried out in order to understand mat rempit population, their characteristics and behaviors.…”

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Sensation Seeking and Self-esteem Differences among Illegal Street Racers in Malaysia

Amit¹,

Ismail²,

Ibrahim³

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Sensation Seeking and Self-esteem Differences among Illegal Street Racers in Malaysia

Amit¹,

Ismail²,

Ibrahim³

et al. 2016

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“…Illegal motorcycle street racing is dangerous and a public concern as it involves reckless and risky riding behaviour and illegal activities including snatching, anti-social behaviour, substance abuse, and spending time in nonorganized activities (Bina, Graziano, & Bonino, 2006 ;Falconer & Kingham, 2007;Ismail & Borhanuddin, 2009;Vaaranen, 2004;Vaaranen & Wieloch, 2002). Illegal motorcycle street racing involved the use of underbone motorcycles (Kapcai) on public roads.…”

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Personality, High-Risk Activities and Aggressive Behaviour among Illegal Street Racers

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Ismail²,

Halim³

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“…Most of these crashes occurred when the driver lost control at a high speed, and the car ran off the road (9). This research also found that heavy alcohol use and careless risk-taking were common among illegal street racers (9).…”

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“…Most of the "cruising club" boys observed in the study revealed that they had been involved in six or seven crashes, most of which were minor although some involved fatalities (9). Most of these crashes occurred when the driver lost control at a high speed, and the car ran off the road (9).…”

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Risky Driving or Risky Drivers?

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Armstrong

2010

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Illegal street racing has received increased attention in recent years from road safety professionals and the media as jurisdictions in Australia, Canada, and the United States have implemented laws to address the problem, which primarily involves young male drivers. Although some evidence suggests that the prevalence of illegal street racing is increasing, obtaining accurate estimates of the crash risk of this behavior is difficult because of limitations in official data sources. Although crash risk can be explored by examining the proportion of incidents of street racing that result in crashes, or the proportion of all crashes that involve street racing, this paper reports on the findings of a study that explored the riskiness of involved drivers. The driving histories of 183 male drivers with an illegal street racing conviction in Queensland, Australia, were compared with a random sample of 183 male Queensland drivers with the same age distribution. The offender group was found to have significantly more traffic infringements, license sanctions, and crashes than the comparison group. Drivers in the offender group were more likely than the comparison group to have committed infringements related to street racing, such as speeding, “hooning,” and offenses related to vehicle defects or illegal modifications. Insufficient statistical capacity prevented full exploration of group differences in the type and nature of earlier crashes. It was concluded, however, that street racing offenders generally can be considered risky drivers who warrant attention and whose risky behavior cannot be explained by their youth alone.

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Car crashes and dead end careers: Leisure pursuits of the Finnish subculture of the kortteliralli street racing

Cited by 28 publications

References 4 publications

Sensation Seeking and Self-esteem Differences among Illegal Street Racers in Malaysia

Sensation Seeking and Self-esteem Differences among Illegal Street Racers in Malaysia

Personality, High-Risk Activities and Aggressive Behaviour among Illegal Street Racers

Risky Driving or Risky Drivers?

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