An Investigation into Young Drivers' Attitudes, Perceptions and Behavior in Korea

摘要

The main objective of this study is to investigate and provide in-depth understanding of the attitudes,perceptions and behavior of Korean young drivers aged between 18 and 24 years old.Overall 188 survey questionnaire responses were collected to find out the significant factorsaffecting the involvement of young drivers in crashes and receiving citations in Korea. Two-way analysiswas conducted to find out factors associated with age, gender, involvement in at-fault crashes and trafficviolations. Based on these factors, binary logistic regression and nested logit models were constructed toexplain young drivers' involvement in at-fault crashes and violations, respectively.The models' results showed that the involvement in at-fault crashes is positively associated withthe average mileage per year and dangerous behavior such as running the red light, using mobile phonesand exceeding speed limits, but is negatively associated with the desirable behavior of yielding forpedestrians/bicycles. Meanwhile a citation model showed that the average car use frequency anddistraction represented by actions such as adjusting the car audio, smoking, eating or drinking, and usingthe mobile phone while driving are significant factors that increase the probability of receiving a citation.It is concluded from this study that there are several hazardous actions and attitudes that increasethe possibility of involvement in at-fault crashes and also violations for young drivers in Korea. Theseresults can be used by municipal government officials, police and driving school instructors to focus onspecific items to ameliorate the driving behavior and attitudes which have effects on crashes as well astraffic violations.