Relationships between the motorcyclists’ behavioural perception and their actual behaviour

Abstract

Abstract. The paper deals with studying the relationships between the motorcyclists' thinking about proper behaviour and their actual behaviour in the traffic. The impact of some control variables, such as riders' age, experience, driving history, and engine cubature, on actual behaviour, is also addressed here. For the purpose of research, two additional questionnaires were applied besides the well-known Motorcycle Rider Behaviour Questionnaire (MRBQ). To examine the causal relations between all-important latent factors present in this study, the structural equation model was designed. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were also engaged in the analysis and the statistical modelling process. The results show that the higher awareness about alcohol danger and benefits of protective equipment and helmet can noticeably contribute to the bigger traffic safety. Besides, from the results is evident that the control variables are in most cases also significantly interrelated with the actual behaviour factors. The findings of this research could be important for the planning of better traffic safety strategies for the motorcyclists to decrease the fatalities and related costs and traumas.

Investigating on-road crash risk and traffic offences in Vietnam using the motorcycle rider behaviour questionnaire (MRBQ)

“…The results obtained from this research are in line with most of the previous studies (Elliott et al, 2007;Motevalian et al, 2011;Özkan et al, 2012;Sakashita et al, 2014;Stephens et al, 2017;Sunday, 2010;Topolšek & Dragan, 2018), which find that the MRBQ responses are typically between "never" and "hardly ever". Vietnamese motorists indicated that the most common behaviours were linked to safe riding.…”

“…For instance, items that were perceived as "Performance of stunts" among British motorists, were classified under "Control/Safety" (acts in the context of losing control and safety) in the study Speeding/Impatience: 7,10,11,15,21,25, and 1 additional item Slovenia (Topolšek & Dragan, 2018) 205 86.3 Traffic errors: 1,2,3,5,6,7,11,16 Speed violations: 18,19,20,21 Stunts: 23,25,26,27,28 Safety equipment: 29,30,31,32,40, and 3 additional factors:…”

“…Most of the validation and application of MRBQ studies were conducted in high-income countries such as the United Kingdom Elliott et al (2007), Australia (Sakashita et al, 2014;Stephens et al, 2017), Slovenia (Topolšek & Dragan, 2018), or in nations where most of the motorcyclists ride for pleasure or sensation-seeking like Iran (Motevalian et al, 2011), and Turkey (Özkan et al, 2012). There is also a need to investigate riding behaviours in low-and middle-income countries with a large dependency on motorcycles.…”

A Comprehensive Review on the Behaviour of Motorcyclists: Motivations, Issues, Challenges, Substantial Analysis and Recommendations

“…Other articles focused on using a camera to observe and record factors that cause motorcycle accidents and determine motorcycle driver behaviours [ 6 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 ]. One study focused on the use of MetroCount MC-5600 data loggers for the collection of data associated with the driving of vehicles far from or near minor roads [ 84 ]. Another article [ 85 ] used aggregate data involving the value dimensions of Schwartz, the law enforcement regarding five risk factors concerning road safety, and the gross national income for each capita in addition to fatality rates in traffic for 97 nations.…”

Key Components of A Motorcyclist Safety – Case Study Slovenia

“…While researchers have analyzed the visual perception of pedestrians and car drivers in many eye-tracking studies [8], there are only few studies that have been conducted with powered twowheelers. Although important research has been conducted in the past on the correlation between the behavioral perceptions of motorcyclists and their actual behavior [8], changes in the behavior of drivers when driving a motorcycle or car [9], the way motorcyclists recognize objects at the roadside (e.g. advertising)…”