A Study on the Differences in Driving Skills of Chinese Bus and Taxi Drivers
Professional drivers constitute an important group of drivers who shoulder the responsibility of safely transporting passengers and cargo. Bus drivers and taxi drivers are an important part of the urban public transport system, and their driving safety affects road traffic safety. Therefore, the pur...
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| author | Zuobo Zhang Xuxin Zhang Nuoya Ji Shanshan Lin Kun Wang Tianshan Ma Wenying Zhu |
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| description | Professional drivers constitute an important group of drivers who shoulder the responsibility of safely transporting passengers and cargo. Bus drivers and taxi drivers are an important part of the urban public transport system, and their driving safety affects road traffic safety. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to explore the differences between bus drivers and taxi drivers in their driving behaviors and driving skills and to predict their traffic accident involvement based on these behaviors and skills. We conducted a field survey of 274 bus drivers and 178 taxi drivers in Hefei, China. The results revealed significant differences between bus drivers and taxi drivers in terms of violations, lack of concentration and technical driving skills. Aggression and violations had significant predictive effects on bus drivers’ traffic accident involvement, and memory lapses and a lack of safety consciousness had significant predictive effects on taxi drivers’ accident involvement. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ce96e547a7a2411a8ccf62381febe3ae2025-08-20T03:19:39ZengWileyJournal of Advanced Transportation0197-67292042-31952019-01-01201910.1155/2019/86753188675318A Study on the Differences in Driving Skills of Chinese Bus and Taxi DriversZuobo Zhang0Xuxin Zhang1Nuoya Ji2Shanshan Lin3Kun Wang4Tianshan Ma5Wenying Zhu6School of Economics and Management, Chang’an University, 710064 Xi’an, Shaanxi, ChinaSchool of Automobile and Traffic Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, 230009 Hefei, Anhui, ChinaSchool of Automobile and Traffic Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, 230009 Hefei, Anhui, ChinaSchool of Automobile and Traffic Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, 230009 Hefei, Anhui, ChinaCollege of Civil Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, 230009 Hefei, Anhui, ChinaSchool of Economics and Management, Chang’an University, 710064 Xi’an, Shaanxi, ChinaSchool of Economics and Management, Chang’an University, 710064 Xi’an, Shaanxi, ChinaProfessional drivers constitute an important group of drivers who shoulder the responsibility of safely transporting passengers and cargo. Bus drivers and taxi drivers are an important part of the urban public transport system, and their driving safety affects road traffic safety. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to explore the differences between bus drivers and taxi drivers in their driving behaviors and driving skills and to predict their traffic accident involvement based on these behaviors and skills. We conducted a field survey of 274 bus drivers and 178 taxi drivers in Hefei, China. The results revealed significant differences between bus drivers and taxi drivers in terms of violations, lack of concentration and technical driving skills. Aggression and violations had significant predictive effects on bus drivers’ traffic accident involvement, and memory lapses and a lack of safety consciousness had significant predictive effects on taxi drivers’ accident involvement.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8675318 |
| spellingShingle | Zuobo Zhang Xuxin Zhang Nuoya Ji Shanshan Lin Kun Wang Tianshan Ma Wenying Zhu A Study on the Differences in Driving Skills of Chinese Bus and Taxi Drivers Journal of Advanced Transportation |
| title | A Study on the Differences in Driving Skills of Chinese Bus and Taxi Drivers |
| title_full | A Study on the Differences in Driving Skills of Chinese Bus and Taxi Drivers |
| title_fullStr | A Study on the Differences in Driving Skills of Chinese Bus and Taxi Drivers |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Study on the Differences in Driving Skills of Chinese Bus and Taxi Drivers |
| title_short | A Study on the Differences in Driving Skills of Chinese Bus and Taxi Drivers |
| title_sort | study on the differences in driving skills of chinese bus and taxi drivers |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8675318 |
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