Similarities between self-reported road safety behavior of teenage drivers and their perceptions concerning road safety behavior of their parents |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Faculty of Health Sciences, Klaipeda University, Klaipeda, Lithuania;2. Faculty of Economics, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania;3. Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania;4. Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey;1. School of Science, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China;2. School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China;1. The Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children''s Hospital, Columbus, OH;2. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus;3. Injury Control Research Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown;4. Survey Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor;5. Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago;6. Sunnybrook Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;1. Departament of Psychology and Sociology, Universidad de Zaragoza, C/Ciudad Escolar s/n, 44003 Teruel, Spain;2. Impactware, Madrid, Spain;3. Department of Behavioral Sciences, Universidad Internacional de la Rioja, Logroño, Spain;1. Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin, Germany;2. Institut für Kognitionswissenschaft, Universität Osnabrück, Germany |
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| Abstract: | The study investigated 401 19-year-olds, who were licensed car drivers in Lithuania. The focus of the survey was on the self-reported road safety behaviors of teenage drivers and their perceptions of their parents’ road safety behaviors, in order to assess behavioral similarities between teenagers and their parents. The survey also investigated whether parents and teenagers discuss issues of driving safely, and whether there is an association between these conversations and driving restrictions.According to teenagers’ reporting, road safety behavior of teenage drivers and their parents often is similar: most of them break the speed limit, drive when feeling fatigued, use a cell phone when driving, and do not fasten the seat belt as a passenger in the back seat. The study indicated that there is a positive moderate correlation between road safety behaviors of teenagers and their parents, as reported by the teenagers. A majority of teenagers report that they discuss road safety factors, driving safely and driving behavior with their parents. Based on teenager reports, the parents, who discuss road safety issues with their children, are more likely to apply restrictions on teenagers’ driving. |
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| Keywords: | Road safety Behavior Teenagers Parents Driving |
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