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Car driver attitude towards road safety measures
Yahia, Hussin A. M1, Safinia, Sina2, Al Musharf, Noof Khamis3, Ali, Saband S I. A4.
Road traffic accidents (RTA) constituted a severe public problem in all countries of the world. Roughly about 1.5 million
people around the world die in traffic-related accidents. Its absolute impact is exacerbated by the fact that RTA have become
the leading cause of death, especially among young adults who constitute the most economically productive age groups of
the larger society. Road traffic accidents also prove to be an issue of economic and social. More than 70% of the injuries and
victims of accidents were in low and middle-income countries. The integral role of knowledge and practice of road safety
measures necessitate further emphasis in the RTA prevention. The present study seeks to evaluate the road safety measures’
knowledge among car drivers in Tripoli-Libya. A total of 389 drivers had taken in this study. A questionnaire was used to
gather some relevant information from the participants. The data collected was run in analysis using SPSS version 19. From
the 389 drivers, 310 (79.7%) were male and 79 (20.3%) female. The study results have shown that gender differences in
attitudes towards traffic law indicate that there is no significant difference between both sexes. Female had a marginally
higher awareness than males with regard to certain substantial issues such as eating, drinking or smoking while driving
and using cassette / radio or using the telephone while driving were particularly significant ( P-value = 0.04). Explanations
and results of the behaviors of the drivers about safety measures on the roads are discussed.
Affiliation:
- Middle East College, Oman
- Middle East College, Oman
- Near East University, Cyprus
- Middle East College, Oman
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