DOI: 10.5176/2425-0112_UPPD15.12
Authors: Olugbenga O. Samuel, Guy H. Walker and Paul M. Salmon
Abstract:The study aims to explore and establish that there is a psychological and emotional dimension to motorcycle riding. Data collection was through the use of participant interviews in an on-road semi-naturalistic study, which requires riders’ to think aloud as they rode along a predefined route. The analysis result indicated that motorcycle riding does have an emotional dimension to it; however this is mostly as activated through their cognition. Riders who rode cautiously engaged in proactive and safe riding, compliance to road rules was discovered to contribute to engagement in risky riding practice, especially during lane changing and swerving. Confusion and ambiguous attributes are more linked to risky riding, during filtering, lane splitting and overtaking behavior. Self-confidence is more linked to risky riding than safe riding. The statistical test indicated that a significant relationship exist between riding behaviors and their attendant psychological and emotional attributes. Though a small exploratory study, it nonetheless detected some meaningful effects that are highly useful in designing the next iteration of studies examining the role emotion plays in the quest for achieving sustainable safety with respect to motorcycle riding.
Keywords: emotion; perception; risky riding; safe riding; motorcycle riders behavior
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