Blar i TØI Vitenarkiv på tidsskrift "Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour"
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Asymmetric preferences for road safety: Evidence from a stated choice experiment among car drivers
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-04-29)Recent research has proposed fitting responses from discrete choice experiments to asymmetric value functions consistent with prospect theory, taking into account respondents’ reference points in their valuation of choice ... -
Combining roadside interviews and on-road observation for assessing prevalence of driver inattention
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-05)Inattention among car drivers on a motorway section with two lanes in each direction was investigated by a combination of two different methodological approaches. First, an observer in a driving car in the non-passing ... -
Competence, equipment and behavioural adaptation on Norwegian winter roads: A comparison of foreign and Norwegian HGV drivers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02-03)There seems to be a widespread view that foreign lorry drivers’ lack of competence on Norwegian roads, especially related to winter driving, is a significant safety problem. It has, however, been suggested that foreign heavy ... -
Cyclists’ handheld phone use and traffic rule knowledge
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-02-25)Phone use is likely to distract cyclists and possibly increase crash risk. Therefore, handheld phone use among cyclists is forbidden by law in some countries, even though cyclists use compensatory strategies to attempt to ... -
Does active transport lead to improved mood and performance? A panel study of travel changes during the Covid-19 lockdown in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-01-09)Everyday commuting is seen as a burden and an unwanted necessity for people. Recent studies have challenged this notion and have found that certain aspects of commuting can be positive. In particular, research has shown ... -
Does age matter? Examining age-dependent differences in at-fault collisions after attending a refresher course for older drivers
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-05-07)Abstract: The “Driver 65+” course is a voluntary refresher course offered to all drivers aged 65 years or older in Norway. The current study estimated differences in at-fault motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) between older ... -
Eco driving as a road safety measure: Before and after study of three companies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-14)This study reports the results of a natural before and after study of economic driving and use of fleet management system recording driving style as a road safety measure. The study includes three companies studied on three ... -
How can we improve safety culture in transport organizations? A review of interventions, effects and influencing factors
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-02-02)The main objectives of the present study are to (a) map interventions that can be used to develop good safety culture in transport companies within road, sea, air and rail transport, (b) assess expected effects of interventions ... -
Mandatory periodic training for professional drivers: A Norwegian study of implementation and effects
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Risk compensation theory and bicycle helmets – Results from an experiment of cycling speed and short-term effects of habituation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-06-30)It has been suggested that the safety benefits of bicycle helmets are limited by risk compensation. The current study contributes to explaining whether the potential safety effects of bicycle helmets are reduced by cyclists’ ... -
The role of values in road safety culture: Examining the valuation of freedom to take risk, risk taking and accident involvement in three countries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-12-30)National focus on individual freedom versus paternalistic values is a fundamental theme, which defines the status of traffic safety in different countries. The present study examines the role of such values in road safety ... -
Safety culture among bus drivers in Norway and Greece
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-06-10)The aims of the present paper are to: (1) Examine the influence of national safety culture, sector safety focus and organizational safety culture on the safety behaviours of profes-sional drivers, compared with other ... -
Safety culture, safety management and accident risk in trucking companies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-07-27)The Safety ladder for goods transport describes an approach with an increasing prevalence of safety structural measures at four Safety ladder levels in trucking companies. This paper validates the Safety ladder approach ... -
Safety equipment use and crash involvement among cyclists – Behavioral adaptation, precaution or learning?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-06-09)The present study has investigated relationships between cyclists’ safety equipment use, crash involvement, and other safety relevant behavior. The main focus is on relationships that indicate either behavioral adaptation ... -
Self-reported deterrence effects of the Norwegian driver's licence penalty point system
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-05)Norway’s penalty point system implies that traffic infractions are penalised with two or three points for full-licence drivers and four or six points for probationary-licence drivers, and when a total of eight points is ... -
Shared road is double happiness: Evaluation of a “Share the road” sign
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-01-02)A road sign with the text «Share the road» and a picture of a smiling cyclist and a passing car was evaluated in a before–after study with surveys among cyclists and car drivers. The sign was set up at two sites on a test ... -
Speed preferences in work zones: the combined effect of visible roadwork activity, personality traits, attitudes, risk perception and driving style
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Traffic accidents triggered by drivers at work - A survey and analysis of contributing factors
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-08-26)This report outlines the results of a study of severe road traffic accidents in Norway, triggered by drivers at work. The aim has been to examine whether and to what extent risk factors of these triggering drivers and their ... -
Traffic safety effects of economic driving in trucking companies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-11)The present study examines the relationship between economic driving and road safety in trucking companies that have received support to work with economic driving, and a Reference sample of drivers from assumed average ... -
Traffic safety in bus transport: An analysis of Norway’s largest transit authority’s contract requirements to bus companies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-16)The main objective of the study is to evaluate direct and indirect traffic safety consequences of the requirements that Norway’s largest transit authority (Ruter) sets in the contracts with bus companies. To assess the ...