Gender differences in attitudes towards driving and demand for private Insurance: Evidence from middle class drivers

Lucas, Edimilson Costa; Mendes‐Da‐Silva, Wesley; Lyons, Angela C.

doi:10.1016/j.trf.2017.04.022

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“…Previous studies have shown that female drivers are more willing to obey the speed limit. In contrast, male drivers believe they can drive safely even when drunk or tired [28]. There were no sex differences in the scores of BIS-11, but the level of impulse control in males was significantly lower than that in females.…”

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Sex difference in driving speed management: The mediation effect of impulse control

Pan,

Ma,

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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Previous studies have shown that male drivers drive faster than female drivers, but there is no agreement on whether impulsivity could induce this sex difference, nor is there a cross-sectional comparison of the effects of different road environments. The purpose of this study was to verify whether impulsivity and impulse control could explain the sex differences in driving speed. A driving simulator study (study 1, N = 41) was performed to investigate whether there were sex differences in driving speeds in two road sections of different complexity, and a questionnaire survey (study 2, N = 163) was conducted to investigate the relationship between sex, impulsivity, impulse control and driving behavior of the participants. The results showed that male drivers drove faster on simple roads, but this difference did not show on complex roads. There were no sex differences in impulsivity traits, but male participants had significant lower levels of impulse control. The results also reveal a partial mediating role of impulse control in the relationship between sex and driving speed. These results suggest that impulse control can predict dangerous driving behaviors and is an important factor in explaining sex differences in driving speed.

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confidence: 71%

Sex difference in driving speed management: The mediation effect of impulse control

Pan,

Ma,

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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“…These studies suggest that the odds ratio of slips, lapses, deliberate violations and unintentional violations are higher at younger ages and decreases with age [27,44,45]. In addition, women have less lapses and violations than men [44,[46][47][48]. The results also showed that age and gender had a significant influence on the odds ratio of errors and violations, and the mean all four dimensions of slip errors, lapse errors, deliberate violations and unintentional violations was higher in the less than 25 years age group compared to other age groups.…”

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Dimensions of aberrant driving behaviors and their association with road traffic injuries among drivers

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Objective Road traffic injuries (RTIs) are recognized as one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality throughout the world, especially in developing countries. Human behavior is reportedly one of the critical factors in the occurrence of such injuries. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the correlation of abnormal driving behaviors with the frequency and severity of RTIs among drivers in Hamadan, west of Iran. Methods The present cross-sectional study was conducted on 800 people driving, who were selected by multistage cluster sampling technique. Data were collected using a three-part self-administered questionnaire including demographic, social and driving characteristics; the Manchester driver behavior questionnaire (DBQ); as well as information on a history of the occurrence of the injuries caused by the crashes and the severity of them. Data were statistically analyzed using numerical indices, linear regression analysis, Pearson correlation, ordinal logistic regression model and multinomial logistic regression. Results The highest and lowest mean percentages of abnormal driving behavior were related to unintentional violations (19.13) and Lapses (16.44), respectively. "Changing radio stations and listening to music while driving", "overtaking a driver who drives slowly", and "unintentionally exceeding the speed limit" were the three highest behaviors associated with road traffic injuries, with the mean and standard deviation of (1.93 ± 1.4), (1.90±1.4), (1.58±1.3), respectively. Age, gender, educational level, driving experience and driving hours during the day were significantly associated with DBQ dimensions and severity of road traffic injuries.

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“…Existing research has examined the riskiness of driving behaviors among non-professionals. For example, Lucas et al (2017) found that men have less respect for speed limits and feel more comfortable than women driving when tired or after consuming alcohol. There also is evidence to suggest that men are more likely than women to violate traffic laws and that they receive more traffic citations (Gonz ález-Iglesias et al, 2012).…”

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Men at Work…Unsafely: Gender Differences in Compliance with Safety Regulations in the Trucking Industry

Scott,

Davis-Sramek,

Ketchen

2024

Production and Operations Management

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Although safety within operational systems depends on compliance with regulations, non-compliance is common in many settings. Trucking is a meaningful industry for studying operational safety compliance given that the industry is large and important, truck accidents kill thousands annually, and such accidents collectively cost the U.S. economy billions of dollars. Although the truck driving occupation is dominated by men, significant efforts are underway to recruit more women into the profession. If women are safer behind the wheel than men, increasing their ranks could improve overall safety compliance. Building on theory and evidence suggesting that men have a greater willingness to take risky actions and break rules, we used data on 22 million truck inspections from 2010 to 2022 to identify an operational safety compliance gap between men and women truckers. Overall, men were 7.4% more likely to be cited for a major violation of rules governing working hours (known as hours-of-service or HOS rules) and 13.2% more likely to have a major unsafe driving violation. We then examined whether gap changes based on carrier size and type. We found that the HOS compliance gap is smaller for small carriers (vs. large) and private carriers (vs. for-hire), but not the unsafe driving gap. Finally, we tested whether the introduction of an intervention—electronic logging devices (ELDs) that automatically record truckers' driving hours—closes the gap by increasing men's compliance. In line with predictions, differences between men and women disappeared after the mandate; but again, only for HOS compliance. Surprisingly, women had significantly more HOS violations in 2021 and 2022 than men—an outcome that may be tied to women truckers' personal safety issues. In summary, the results and additional robustness checks indicate that men committed more unsafe driving violations (e.g., speeding) than women across the entire study period, while the pattern of HOS violations varied based on external events. We conclude by highlighting possible pathways for reducing the number of collisions involving trucks and thus lowering the number of fatalities and extent of economic losses.

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Gender differences in attitudes towards driving and demand for private Insurance: Evidence from middle class drivers

Cited by 10 publications

References 36 publications

Sex difference in driving speed management: The mediation effect of impulse control

Sex difference in driving speed management: The mediation effect of impulse control

Dimensions of aberrant driving behaviors and their association with road traffic injuries among drivers

Men at Work…Unsafely: Gender Differences in Compliance with Safety Regulations in the Trucking Industry

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