Abstract
A questionnaire that assesses hazard perception in automobile drivers was developed. Its items consist of 60 one- or two-sentence descriptions of commonly encountered driving situations each of which a respondent rates for danger of an accident on a 7-point rating scale. The questionnaire was given to 15 women 30 or more yr. of age, 15 men 30 or more, 15 women under 30, and 15 men under 30, all of whom were drivers. Results showed that women rated the situations as being more hazardous than the men did, and that the younger group rated them as being more hazardous than the older group did. Some significant correlations between ratings and numbers of self-reported accidents and traffic violations were found. These showed that individuals having had no accidents or violations in the immediately preceding 5 yr. generally rated the driving situations as being more dangerous than those having had at least one during that time.
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