Drivers’ biased perceptions of speed and safety campaign messages

Walton, Darren; McKeown, Paul C. M.

doi:10.1016/s0001-4575(00)00076-2

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“…''Hard hitting'' driver safety advertising campaigns showing graphic accidents and media releases reporting annual and holiday period fatalities raise the awareness of New Zealand drivers to the dangers of driving on the road. This heightened awareness encourages the concept that there are ''dangerous drivers'' on the road and may heighten our need to protect ourselves (Walton and McKeown, 2001).…”

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Vehicle Size and Driver Perceptions of Safety

Thomas

Walton

2008

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

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A sample of 496 car and sport utility vehicle (SUV) drivers responded to questionnaires that examined attitudes toward vehicle size and safety. The aim of this research is to determine whether drivers perceive larger vehicles to be safer and whether this concern for safety motivates drivers to purchase SUVs. Alternatively, non-safety influences are also examined, including environmental concern, vehicle power, prestige, and vehicle utility. Perceptions that large vehicle are safer, off-road use, and prestige all relate strongly to SUV use. The safety arguments raised by SUV drivers appear to be based on an egocentric concern for ''bigger is safer'' rather than a broader understanding of vehicle fleet safety. To encourage sustainable transport, it is suggested that road safety policy should shift drivers' concerns from personal collision protection to overall road user protection.

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Vehicle Size and Driver Perceptions of Safety

Thomas

Walton

2008

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

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“…Moreover, Baldock et al [12] found that elderly drivers with high confidence did not tend to exhibit risk compensation behaviour, such as refraining from driving under rainy and dark conditions or on busy roads. Likewise, there is also evidence to suggest that safety countermeasures such as campaigns do not have much influence on highly confident drivers [13,14].…”

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Comparing the self-assessed and examiner-assessed driving skills of Japanese driving school students

Nakai

Usui

2012

IATSS Research

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a b s t r a c tPrevious research about subjective driving skills has revealed that drivers, especially younger males, tend to rate their driving skills more highly than those of the average driver. This study examines the accuracy of Japanese novice drivers' self-evaluation of their driving skills by comparing their self-assessments with assessments made by a driving examiner. We also examined the effects of gender and age on the accuracy of driver selfevaluation of their skills. A sample of Japanese driving test candidates (n= 2021) completed a self-assessment using a 5-point scale applied to 19 items. The candidates completed the assessment shortly after passing their practical driving test conducted at a driving school. Their performance was also assessed by an examiner who used the same scale. The comparison between self-assessment and examiner-assessment revealed that around 40% of Japanese driving school students made a realistic assessment of their skills. With regard to the gender differences, although males displayed higher levels of overconfidence than females did, the differences were not as large as earlier studies with questionnaires had suggested. Furthermore, the effect of age on the accuracy of novice drivers' skill assessment was found to be relatively small. Our findings, which are based on a comparison of subjective assessments of driving skills between examiners and novices, instead of a questionable method which relies on a comparison with a hypothetical average driver, suggest that the majority of candidates in fact do not overrate their own skills. These results were discussed from the viewpoint of the driver education system and compared to other European research using the same framework.

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“…Overcon…dence has been detected by Groeger and Grande (1996) who compare drivers' self-assessments skills with those assessed by an instructor. Walton and McKeown (2001) compare self-reported and actual speed of drivers. Hoch (1985) found that MBA students overestimate the number of job o¤ers they will receive and the magnitude of their salary.…”

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The Overconfidence Problem in Insurance Markets

Sandroni

Squintani

2004

SSRN Journal

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Adverse selection has long been recognized as a rationale for government intervention in insurance markets and for the adoption of public compulsory insurance. A di¤erent rationale for compulsory insurance is that overcon…dent individuals may underinsure because they underestimate the relevant risks. We show that government intervention is not a Pareto improvement in an adverse selection model with a signi…cant fraction of overcon…dent agents. We underline that behavioral biases need not be the basis for government intervention. In fact, behavioral biases may overturn existing compelling reasons for intervention in the economy. Our model also delivers novel positive implications on aggregate variables that have been at the center of recent empirical investigation.We thank

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Drivers’ biased perceptions of speed and safety campaign messages

Cited by 36 publications

References 17 publications

Vehicle Size and Driver Perceptions of Safety

Vehicle Size and Driver Perceptions of Safety

Comparing the self-assessed and examiner-assessed driving skills of Japanese driving school students

The Overconfidence Problem in Insurance Markets

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