Statistical analysis of vehicle driver behaviors

Abstract

Purpose of this study is to examine the drivers' attitudes and behaviors in traffic via statistical techniques. With this purpose, the reactions of the motor vehicle drivers in traffic, correlations between negative reactions and personality characteristics and how they describe themselves and how they feel while they are driving have been examined. The participants of this study are composed of 500 drivers in Afyonkarahisar Province dates between 01 April - 30 June 2016. To measure the drivers attitudes and behaviors in traffic, a Likert scale type questionnaire, which was used in Çlnar 's (2007) study, ranging from 1 'strongly disagree' to 5 'strongly agree' is applied on a face-to-face basis. Because of some unfilled and wrong filled questionnaires, the statistical analyses were applied to over 440 questionnaires. Drivers attitudes and behaviors and the behavior types whether they do or they exposure, on their feelings and determinations of themselves as a driver were examined via CHAID and Multi Dimensional Scaling Analysis. SPSS Software is used to perform the statistical analysis. Some of the important results of the analysis showed that drivers who feel themselves aggressive while driving, determine themselves as drivers since they were born. Physical attack / fighting: as a behavior that they were exposed to was also found significant on the variable of determining themselves as how driver they are.