Abstract
As early as 1948, defensive driving was accurately defined. Defensive driving was first promoted among professional drivers, and defensive driving training is still an important part of the regular training of professional drivers. The level of defensive driving is one of the standards for professional drivers (such as bus drivers). However, there is still a lack of quantitative evaluation methods for the defensive driving level of bus drivers. To fill this gap, the main purpose of this study was to compile a scale for assessing the defensive driving level of bus drivers, and to explore the influencing factors of the defensive driving behavior intention in bus drivers. Based on the definition of defensive driving, a defensive driving scale was compiled. Furthermore, a defensive driving intention scale was designed based on the theory of planned behavior and protective motivation theory to determine the factors affecting the defensive driving intention. A questionnaire survey was conducted among 312 bus drivers in a Chinese city. The results showed that the bus drivers generally reported a high defensive driving level and behavior intention. In addition, the results of the integrated model showed that attitude (β = 0.18) and utility susceptibility (β = 0.69) were positively correlated with behavior intention, while the response cost (β = − 0.18) was negatively correlated with behavior intention.
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The datasets presented in this study are not readily available because the investigation data was obtained with the help of traffic police and must be kept confidential. Requests to access the datasets should be directed to ctwwqi@scut.edu.cn.
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 52072131, the Science and Technology Project of Guangzhou City under Grant No. 201804010466, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under Grant No. 2019MS120, and the Key Research Projects of Universities in Guangdong Province under Grant No. 2019KZDXM009.
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Qi, W., Zhu, S. & Long, W. Exploring the factors that affect the defensive driving behavior of bus drivers: the application of TPB and PMT theories. Public Transp 15, 227–251 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12469-022-00306-3
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