Drivers' attitudes and knowledge regarding motorcycle lane filtering practices

Vanessa Beanland; K Pammer; M Sledziowska; A Stone

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Drivers' attitudes and knowledge regarding motorcycle lane filtering practices

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Drivers' attitudes and knowledge regarding motorcycle lane filtering practices

Vanessa Beanland, K Pammer, M Sledziowska and A Stone

Proceedings of the 2015 Australasian Road Safety Conference, pp.1-11

Australasian Road Safety Conference (ARSC), 2015 (Gold Coast, Australia, 14-Oct-2015–16-Oct-2015)

Australasian College of Road Safety

2015

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Transportation and Freight Services

Psychology

Lane filtering occurs when a motorcyclist moves alongside stationary or slow-moving vehicles, with the motorcyclist sharing the lane or travelling between lanes. The practice is illegal in most Australian jurisdictions, but was recently legalised in New South Wales and Queensland. In February 2015, the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) commenced a two-year lane filtering trial. Prior to this, during December 2014 and January 2015, we surveyed 249 drivers (132 male, 117 female) aged 16-82 years (M = 41.4, SD = 14.5) regarding their attitudes towards and knowledge of lane filtering. Most drivers (61%) reported witnessing lane filtering at least once per week. Many drivers (28%) mistakenly believed lane filtering was already legal in the ACT, but 70% stated it should be illegal. Drivers were significantly more likely to agree lane filtering should be legal if they believed it was already legal (OR 4.67), rode a PTW themselves (OR 4.87), or were older (OR 1.03). Reasons for endorsing lane filtering varied, but included: easing traffic congestion; improving safety; personal freedom; and difficulty enforcing lane filtering prohibitions. Reasons for opposing lane filtering primarily related to safety concerns and drivers' difficulties in perceiving motorcycles (e.g., in blind spots). Our results provide insight into drivers' attitudes towards lane filtering, which can be used to raise public awareness about motorcycle safety and highlight key areas where empirical evidence is needed, since this is a topic that has historically received relatively little focus among researchers.

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Title: Drivers' attitudes and knowledge regarding motorcycle lane filtering practices
Authors: Vanessa Beanland (Author) - Australian National University
K Pammer (Author) - Australian National University
M Sledziowska (Author) - Australian National University
A Stone (Author) - Australian National University
Publication details: Proceedings of the 2015 Australasian Road Safety Conference, pp.1-11
Conference details: Australasian Road Safety Conference (ARSC), 2015 (Gold Coast, Australia, 14-Oct-2015–16-Oct-2015)
Publisher: Australasian College of Road Safety
Date published: 2015
Copyright note: Copyright © 2015 The Author. Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. This paper can be found in the online database of papers for this conference at http://acrs.org.au/publications/conference-papers/database/
Organisation Unit: Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449886502621
Output Type: Conference paper

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