Etika, AA, Merat, N and Carsten, O orcid.org/0000-0003-0285-8046 (2020) Do drivers differ in their attitudes on speed limit compliance between work and private settings? Results from a group of Nigerian drivers. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 73. pp. 281-291. ISSN 1369-8478
Abstract
Existing evidence suggests that drivers, particularly those who work in companies with strong road safety cultures exhibit different sets of speeding attitudes and behaviours in work and private driving. Using Ajzen and Fishbein’s (1980) Theory of Planned behaviour (TPB) and on-road driving experiments, this study examined the self-reported and objective behaviour of driving within posted speed limits for a sample of fleet drivers. The findings show that the TPB explained up to 24% of the variance in intention to comply with speed limits. Drivers’ attitude emerged as the most significant predictor and strongest correlate with intentions to comply with the speed limit in both work and private vehicle.
Further analysis revealed participants had a higher intention to comply with speed limits in their work than private vehicle. Also, investigation of the relationship between TPB variables and observed speeding behaviour suggests that participants with higher intention to comply with the speed limit or high perceived behavioural control (PBC), exceeded the speed limit less often than those with lower intention to comply with the speed limit or low PBC. The findings have important theoretical and applied implications for development of better speed limit compliance interventions to improve driving behaviour, and road safety in general.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Transportation Research: Part F. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Speeding behaviour; Theory of planned behaviour; Road safety |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds) > ITS: Safety and Technology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 07 Aug 2020 08:34 |
Last Modified: | 22 Jul 2021 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.trf.2020.06.024 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:164063 |