Comparison between young male drivers' self-assessed and objectively measured driving skills

Laila Marianne Martinussen; Mette Møller; Carlo Giacomo Prato

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-60441-1_75

Comparison between young male drivers' self-assessed and objectively measured driving skills

Laila Marianne Martinussen, Mette Møller, Carlo Giacomo Prato

University of Queensland

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Abstract

Self-assessment of skills is a self-generated feedback process that contributes to confidence in one's skills. The higher one's self-assessed skills, the more likely one is to feel competent a particular domain thereby influencing the related behaviors. Drivers' self-assessed driving skills are not always accurate, which may cause serious problems such as underestimation of risk, reckless driving and accidents. Most previous research on self-assessment of driving skills did not compare self-reported skills to objectively measured driving skills, so the aim of this study was to test the accuracy of young male drivers' self-assessments of driving skills using a driving simulator, and to examine whether self-assessment accuracy varied with driving skill, experience or sensation-seeking propensity. Results showed that the drivers' self-assessments were inconsistent with their driving performance, and this inconsistency varied with driving skill, driving experience and sensation-seeking propensity in a safety-critical way.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	2017
Pages	787-797
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-60440-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60441-1_75
Publication status	Published - 2017
Event	AHFE: International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics - Westin Bonaventure Hotel , Los Angeles, California, United States Duration: 17 Jul 2017 → 21 Jul 2017 Conference number: 8

Conference

Conference	AHFE: International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics
Number	8
Location	Westin Bonaventure Hotel
Country/Territory	United States
City	Los Angeles, California
Period	17/07/2017 → 21/07/2017

Series	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume	597
ISSN	2194-5357

Keywords

Self-assessed driving skills
Sensation seeking
Young male drivers
Driving experiences
Sensation-seeking
Risk assessment

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Laila Marianne Martinussen
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Martinussen, LM, Møller, M & Prato, CG 2017, Comparison between young male drivers' self-assessed and objectively measured driving skills. in Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation . Springer, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 597, pp. 787-797, AHFE: International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics, Los Angeles, California, United States, 17/07/2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60441-1_75

Comparison between young male drivers' self-assessed and objectively measured driving skills. / Martinussen, Laila Marianne; Møller, Mette; Prato, Carlo Giacomo.
Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation . Springer, 2017. p. 787-797 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Vol. 597).

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