International Rating Academy Congress : Applied Sciences

BEING TRAFFIC MONSTER OR BEING NONAGGRESSIVE

Bahattin HAMARAT Erol DURAN

Abstract

Traffic accidents are usually happens with reasons connected driver and vehicle, weather conditions, road and environment features. Analyses made on traffic accidents indicates that, main proportion of the accidents derive from drivers’ behaviors. In this study the weight of drivers’ behaviors in traffic on displaying aggressive behavior was examined. The questionnaire technique employed to obtain the data. In this context, the data from 214 drivers obtained and analyzed. Taking risk, enlightenment, straining, and aggression dimensions are the scale of the questionnaire form. The relationship between latent variables examined by employing Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). It investigated that, when the behaviors of taking risk and searching excitement increases, the behavior of aggression increasing too.



Conference
International Rating Academy Congress : Applied Sciences
Keywords
Traffic driver behavior searching excitement taking risk aggression Structural Equation Modelling

Language
English

Subject
Engineering

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