Continuing to drive while sleepy : the influence of sleepiness countermeasures, motivation for driving sleepy, and risk perception

Christopher N Watling; Kerry Ann Armstrong; Patricia L Obst; Simon S Smith

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2014.09.021

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Continuing to drive while sleepy : the influence of sleepiness countermeasures, motivation for driving sleepy, and risk perception

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Continuing to drive while sleepy : the influence of sleepiness countermeasures, motivation for driving sleepy, and risk perception

Christopher N Watling, Kerry Ann Armstrong, Patricia L Obst and Simon S Smith

Accident Analysis and Prevention, Vol.73, pp.262-268

2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2014.09.021

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Australian drivers

driving motivation

risk perception

sleepiness countermeasures

sleepy driving

Driver sleepiness is a major contributor to road crashes. The current study sought to examine the association between perceptions of effectiveness of six sleepiness countermeasures and their relationship with self-reports of continuing to drive while sleepy among 309 drivers after controlling for the influence of age, sex, motivation for driving sleepy, and risk perception of sleepy driving. The results demonstrate that the variables of age, sex, motivation, and risk perception were significantly associated with self-reports of continuing to drive while sleepy and only one countermeasure was associated with self-reports of continuing to drive while sleepy. Further, it was found that age differences in self-reports of continuing to drive while sleepy was mediated by participants' motivation and risk perception. These findings highlight modifiable factors that could be focused on with interventions that seek to modify drivers' attitudes and behaviours of driving while sleepy.

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Title: Continuing to drive while sleepy : the influence of sleepiness countermeasures, motivation for driving sleepy, and risk perception
Authors: Christopher N Watling (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Kerry Ann Armstrong (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Patricia L Obst (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Simon S Smith (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Publication details: Accident Analysis and Prevention, Vol.73, pp.262-268
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd.
Date published: 2014
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2014.09.021
ISSN: 0001-4575
Organisation Unit: Road Safety Research Collaboration; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451225402621
Output Type: Journal article

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