Highlights ► Drivers’ attitudes toward motorcyclists may contribute to car–motorcycle collisions. ► We created an intervention to improve attitudes which included exposure to a motorcyclist's perspective via motorcycle hazard clips and a motorcycle simulator. ► Car clips and a car simulator were used as control conditions. ► The interventions improved attitudes to motorcyclists rather than to other road users. ► Participants who had seen the motorcycle hazard clips reported the greatest level of improvement.
Abstract This study sought to provide a first crucial step in the direction of developing an intervention program aimed at improving safe attitudes and skills among car drivers towards motorcycles. We intended to improve drivers’ attitudes towards motorcyclists by exposing them to demands that motorcyclists face on the road. Car drivers were exposed to hazard perception clips taken from a motorcyclist's perspective, and interactive hazards in a motorcycle simulator. Car hazard perception clips and a car simulator were used as control conditions. A questionnaire assessed participant knowledge and attitudes towards motorcyclists before and after the intervention. After the intervention participants had more empathic- and fewer negative-attitudes, as well as safer attitudes towards motorcyclists. Self-reported attitude-change suggested that the use of motorcycle hazard perception clips was more effective than the simulator, and the intervention was most effective for those car drivers who reported the most negative attitudes prior viewing the clips or riding the simulator. Providing car drivers with a perspective of the motorcyclist may prove to be a useful tool for promoting safer attitudes towards motorcyclists.
Applying the motorcyclist's perspective to improve car drivers’ attitudes towards motorcyclists
Accident Analysis and Prevention ; 43 , 5 ; 1743-1750
2011-04-04
8 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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