{"id":4365,"date":"2021-05-10T06:22:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T06:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.35.173.53\/?p=4365"},"modified":"2021-05-10T06:22:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T06:22:46","slug":"walton-d-s-speed-compared-to-perceived-driver-safety-and-driving-skill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happyfinder.co.kr\/?p=4365","title":{"rendered":"Walton, D., &#038; Bathurst, J. (1998). An exploration of the perceptions of the average driver&#038; #39;s speed compared to perceived driver safety and driving skill."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This study investigates the self-enhancement bias in driver attitudes, the finding that drivers rate themselves better than the average driver on safety and skill perceptions (<a name=\"bBIB25\" class=\"workspace-trigger\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0001457598000359#BIB25\">Svenson, 1978<\/a><a name=\"bBIB26\" class=\"workspace-trigger\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0001457598000359#BIB26\">Svenson, 1981<\/a>; <a name=\"bBIB18\" class=\"workspace-trigger\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0001457598000359#BIB18\">McCormick et al., 1986<\/a>). A sample of 86 New Zealand drivers were asked their perceptions of their own and others&#8217; speeds in two conditions, 50&nbsp;km\/h and 100&nbsp;km\/h. The results established the self-enhancement bias for speed and safety, but not skill. Between 85% and 90% of drivers claimed to drive slower than the `average driver.&#8217; A new methodological technique derived from <a name=\"bBIB14\" class=\"workspace-trigger\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0001457598000359#BIB14\">Harr\u00e9 and Gillett (1994)<\/a> was used to investigate the direction of the self-enhancement bias. The results support the Downward Comparison Theory (<a name=\"bBIB27\" class=\"workspace-trigger\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0001457598000359#BIB27\">Wills, 1981<\/a>) because drivers consider other drivers negatively, rather than exaggerating their self-perceptions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"1\" style=\"background: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-indent: 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-padding-alt: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: rgb(255, 255, 255); letter-spacing: -0.3pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \ub098\ub214\ubc14\ub978\uace0\ub515; mso-font-width: 97%; mso-text-raise: 0pt;\">Walton, D., &amp; Bathurst, J. (1998). An exploration of the perceptions of the average driver&#8217;s speed compared to perceived driver safety and driving skill. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: rgb(255, 255, 255); letter-spacing: -0.3pt; font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: \ub098\ub214\ubc14\ub978\uace0\ub515; mso-font-width: 97%; mso-text-raise: 0pt;\">Accident Analysis &amp; Prevention, 30<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: rgb(255, 255, 255); letter-spacing: -0.3pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \ub098\ub214\ubc14\ub978\uace0\ub515; mso-font-width: 97%; mso-text-raise: 0pt;\">(6), 821-830.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"1\" style=\"background: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-indent: 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-padding-alt: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: rgb(255, 255, 255); letter-spacing: -0.3pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \ub098\ub214\ubc14\ub978\uace0\ub515; mso-font-width: 97%; mso-text-raise: 0pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/S0001-4575\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/S0001-4575<\/a>(98)00035-9<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"0\" style=\"background: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 160%; mso-pagination: none; mso-padding-alt: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;\">  <!--[if !supportEmptyParas]-->&nbsp;<!--[endif]-->  <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This study investigates the self-enhancement bias in driver attitudes, the finding that drivers rate themselves better than the average driver on safety and skill perceptions (Svenson, 1978Svenson, 1981; McCormick et al., 1986). A sample of 86 New Zealand drivers were asked their perceptions of their own and others&#8217; speeds in two conditions, 50&nbsp;km\/h and 100&nbsp;km\/h. 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