Study on risky behaviour,risk perception and positive affect of motorcyclists in Malaysia
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Date
2019-06
Authors
Richard Cheah Jun Xian
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Abstract
This study was done to determine the significance of risk perception and positive
affect towards motorcyclists’ risky riding behaviour and the relationship among these
three components. A questionnaire survey had been conducted to collect the related
information such as age, gender, driving experience and self-reported risk perception,
positive affect, risky riding behaviour from the motorcyclists. A 5-point scale system
was used for respondents to answer the self-reported questions. The study found that
positive affect influences more than risk perception on risky riding behaviour based
on the results obtained from Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis. This
shows that intuitive processes are the major process for the motorcyclists in Malaysia
rather than rational processes while they are riding on the road. Moreover, the age of
motorcyclists significantly affects the risky behaviour with an estimate coefficient of
-0.037 which showed that elder motorcyclists seldom perform risky behaviour while
riding on the road. Besides, the driving experience (years of obtaining license)
obtained positive relationship on the motorcyclists’ risk perception with an estimate
coeffiicient of 0.012 and negative relationship with positive affect with estimate
coefficient of -0.032. This showed that motorcyclists that just newly obtained the
motorcyclist license would tend to think that those stated behavior were lower risk in
overall and more likely to behave the particular riding risky behaviour.