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    How Drivers’ Risk Perception Changes While Driving on Familiar and Unfamiliar Roads: A Comparison of Female and Male Drivers
    (2021) Budak, Nesrin; Öztürk, İbrahim; Aslan, Merve; Öz, Bahar
    Road safety is the result of the interaction between human, vehicle, and environment-related factors. Road familiarity, as a human- and environment-related factor in road safety, was investigated in the present study. More specifically, the main aim of the current study is to investigate the subjective risk evaluations of drivers on familiar and unfamiliar roads. A total sample of 479 drivers, 278 males and 201 females, participated in the present study, and filled out the demographic information questionnaire and Risk Perception Inventory. The results showed that drivers evaluated risk as higher when driving on an unfamiliar road as compared to driving in a familiar road. Moreover, females reported a higher risk perception level than males on both familiar and unfamiliar roads. As a result, familiarity with the road was evaluated as an essential factor in the risk evaluation of drivers. The results were discussed with regard to their implications for road safety in light of the relevant literature.
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    Investigating sex, masculinity and femininity in relation to impulsive driving and driving anger expression
    (Elsevier, 2021) Öztürk, İbrahim; Özkan, Özgün; Öz, Bahar
    Human factors constitute a class of prominent road safety related factors. In the present study, human factors of driving were studied by investigating sex differences and gender roles in relation to impulsive driving and driving anger expression. A total of 425 drivers between the ages of 18 and 56 (M = 25.46, SD = 7.58) participated to the study and completed a series of questionnaires including a demographic information form, the Bem Sex Roles Inventory, the Impulsive Driver Behaviour Scale and the Driving Anger Expression Inventory. According to the ANCOVA results, male drivers showed higher functional impulsivity, lack of premeditation and use of the vehicle to express anger than female drivers. Additionally, hierarchical regression analyses showed that masculinity was positively associated with functional impulsivity, urgency and the dimensions of aggressive anger expression. However, femininity was positively associated with functional impulsivity and adaptive/constructive anger expression, but negatively associated with the dimensions of dysfunctional impulsivity and aggressive anger expression. Overall, the results showed the significant solo effects of masculinity and femininity on impulsive driver behaviours and driving anger expression, over and above the effects of sex, and the interaction between sex and gender roles. In the present study, previously reported findings indicating the relationships between sex and gender roles and driving anger expression were supported and extended by providing the literature with the contribution of answering the question how sex and gender roles are related to impulsive driver behaviours. The findings of the two related concepts of impulsive driving and driving anger expression were discussed in light of the current literature. Contributions, implications and future research directions concerning road safety practices were presented.
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    The root causes of a train accident: Lac-mégantic rail disaster
    (Springer Verlag, 2019) Öztürk, İbrahim; Güner, Gizem; Tümer, Ece
    Oil transportation with trains is one of the most important and dangerous areas of transportation. Many agents play different roles throughout the route, indicating different responsibilities in case of an accident. The analysis of transportation accidents is important to determine the roles of these agents and their strengths and weaknesses. The root causes analysis (RCA) is one of the methods used to understand the story of the accident and improve safety concerns. In the present study, the Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster was analyzed by using different RCA methods and considering organizational safety culture. The accident happened in the 6th July 2013 and resulted in 47 deaths and destruction of 40 buildings and 53 vehicles. By using the detailed reports about the accidents and using different methods of RCA, the contributory factors of the accidents were identified. In general, it has been found that human factors, organizational safety culture, and engineering related factors were active throughout the different stages of the accident. The chronology and timeline of the accident were used to determine possible barriers and underlying causes. Lastly, fishbone diagram was constructed to represent the active factors throughout the accident. In addition to the RCA, the organizational safety culture of the company was also interpreted based on the accident information and possible root causes. Overall, the interpretation of the root causes of these accidents is important for the development of safe transportation. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019.