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Work Environment, Stress, and Driving Anger: A Structural Equation Model for Predicting Traffic Sanctions of Public Transport Drivers.
2018
Public transport is an effective and sustainable alternative to private vehicle usage, also helping to reduce the environmental impact of driving. However, the work environment of public transport operators is full of adverse conditions, which, together with their high mileage, may increase the occurrence of negative safety outcomes such as traffic accidents, often preceded by risky road behaviors enhanced by stress, anger, and difficult operating conditions. The aims of this study were, first, to determine the association between work-related psychosocial factors and individual characteristics of public transport drivers and the rate of traffic sanctions they are subject to; and second, to…
Environmentally friendly, but behaviorally complex? A systematic review of e-scooter riders’ psychosocial risk features
2022
Introduction E-scooters have made a place for themselves on urban roads as an affordable, easy-to-use and environmentally friendly method of transportation. However, and partly because of their road behaviors and safety outcomes, e-scooter users have started to represent a focus of attention for transport planners and policymakers. Aim The present systematic review aims to target and analyze the existing studies investigating the psychosocial characteristics of e-scooter riders, focusing on their behavioral and risk-related features. Methods For this systematic review, the PRISMA methodology was used, which allows for the selection of suitable papers based on the study topic, in accordance…
Could Road Safety Education (RSE) Help Parents Protect Children? Examining Their Driving Crashes with Children on Board
2021
Recent evidence suggests that driving behavior and traffic safety outcomes of parents may be influenced by the extent to which they receive information and education on road safety, as well as the fact of driving with their children on board, which may increase their risk perception. However, there are no studies specifically addressing the case of crashes suffered while driving with children. Hence, this study aimed to describe the relationship between road safety education-related variables and parents’ traffic safety outcomes while driving with children on board. For this cross-sectional study, data was retrieved from a sample composed of 165 Spanish parents—all of them licensed drivers—…
Are Traffic Announcements Really Effective? A Systematic Review of Evaluations of Crash-Prevention Communication Campaigns
2021
Communication campaigns are commonly used in the traffic and road safety sector to raise public awareness of the importance of avoiding risky road user attitudes and behaviors. Surprisingly few of these communication campaigns evaluate their effectiveness in a formal and comprehensive manner. The core aim of the present systematic review is to identify the type of studies that evaluate the effectiveness of campaigns in this sector, in order to identify and contrast their main findings. This systematic review followed the PRISMA methodology, by means of which the relevant articles based on the search term were identified. A total of 613 indexed articles were filtered, and a final set of 27 a…
Forecasting Adverse Weather Situations in the Road Network
2016
Weather is an important factor that affects traffic flow and road safety. Adverse weather situations affect the driving conditions directly; hence, drivers must be informed about the weather conditions downstream to adapt their driving. In the framework of intelligent transport systems, several systems have been developed to know the weather situations and inform drivers. However, these systems do not forecast weather in advance, and they need the support of road operators to inform drivers. This paper presents a new autonomous system to forecast weather conditions in a short time and to give users the information obtained. The system uses a set of algorithms and rules to determine the weat…
Knowledge, perceived effectiveness and qualification of traffic rules, police supervision, sanctions and justice
2017
Road safety is a complex process that not only depends on technical and environmental improvements, but in a major part from human factors. In this sense, recent empirical studies have remarked the need to study the interaction between subject and laws, at the glance of several elements preceding road behavior. This is the case of attitudes, opinions and perceptions in the field of road safety, factors that influence the interaction with issues such as traffic rules, police supervision, penalties and justice in traffic. The objective of this study was to describe the self-rated knowledge and perceptions regarding traffic norms and its interaction with road safety among drivers. For this stu…
Post-license Education for Novice Drivers: Evaluation of a Training Programme implemented in Spain
2006
Abstract Introduction This study evaluated the implementation of a second phase training program for novice drivers in Spain, which puts the primary focus of the training on the higher hierarchical levels of driver behavior. Method Two hundred and sixty-three participants took part throughout the study, which was implemented as an experimental design with the test and control groups assessed before and after the one day safety training. Measurement of the impact of the training program focused on the participants' self-evaluation and self-reporting of some driving behavior indicators related to accident risk. Results Data analysis showed a change in the expected direction in the scale relat…
Una historia para un perfil profesional. El Psicológo experto en seguridad vial
2001
El sector del transporte no ha sido ajeno nunca a la demanda de aplicación de los conocimientos y tecnologías psicológicas. La mayor parte de los países avanzados, a través de Instancias Oficiales y Organismos Públicos y Privados, comenzó, con finalidades preventivas, a regular el acceso al puesto de trabajo de los conductores de vehículos de servicio público o de transporte colectivo a través de requisitos y pruebas de carácter selectivo. Ante esa demanda, la nueva Psicología respondió con la Psicotecnia. Los psicólogos ofrecían, para afrontar cuestiones referentes al factor humano en todas las modalidades de trabajo, procedimientos que permitían determinar (y en su caso medir) las aptitud…
Entrevista con Talib Rothegatter
1994
Entrevista con el Dr. D. Talib Rothegatter, Presidente de la División de Psicología del Tráfico y del Transporte (Traffic and Transport Psychology) dentro de la Asociación Internacional de Psicología Aplicada (International Association of Applied Psychology, IAAP). Tras la celebración del último Congreso Internacional de Psicología Aplicada, en que se produjo su nombramiento (23rd Internacional Congress of Applied Psychology) el preseidente de la Dividión analiza la situación presente y las perspectivas de futuro de la Psicología del Tráfico y Seguridad Vial como área de investigación y ámbito aplicado y profesional .
E. Mira i López en la Psicología Internacional
1989
El objetivo del presente trabajo es determinar el impacto actual de un autor español, Emilio Mira i López, en la comunidad psicológica internacional, a través del método del análisis de las citas recibidas en un periodo de 22 años en el Social Sciences Citation Index. Es el único psicólogo español considerado como eminente por su contribución en el ámbito psicológico, formando parte de lo que Marañón llamó la 'generación de la preguerra', que rompió en España con viejos moldes y tradiciones, abriéndose a las clínicas extranjeras (alemanas y francesas), habituándose a la lectura de revistas científicas que iban penetrando poco a poco, e intentando una reforma a fondo de la organización, la e…