AbstractProblem: Research suggests that people who engage in risk-taking behaviors often hold specific beliefs that can mitigate or reduce their perceptions of risk associated with those behaviors. Method: A scale was developed (Speeding Risk Belief Scale (SRBS)) to assess beliefs about speeding-related risk and predict self-reported speeding in a random-digit telephone survey of 800 South Australian drivers between the ages of 16 and 50. Results: The scale was internally consistent, and path analyses showed it to be associated with self-reported speeding, both directly and indirectly through participants' estimates of speeding-related risk. Discussion: Origins of risk-mitigating beliefs and the extent to which they may be causally linked with speeding are discussed, and recommendations are made for future research. Impact on Industry: This research has strong implications for the conduct of countermeasure campaigns that disseminate information on speeding-related risk.


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    Title :

    Risk-mitigating beliefs, risk estimates, and self-reported speeding in a sample of Australian drivers


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    Published in:

    Journal of Safety Research ; 34 , 2 ; 183-188


    Publication date :

    2002-09-30


    Size :

    6 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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