Current Practice, Attitude, and Behaviour towards Road Safety Behaviour among the Drivers in Jakarta, Indonesia
Abstract
The Jakarta Police Department reported that between January and July 2008, traffic accidents in Jakarta caused 1499 people badly injured [15]. The literature also shows that most people who are killed in road crashes or road accidents in Indonesia are drivers [15]. Given the fact that there has been a huge number of road accidents in Indonesia, the understanding of road safety among the drivers across the country remain unclear. The aim of this research is to investigate the current practices, attitude, and perception towards road safety behaviour of drivers in Jakarta, Indonesia. This research used mix methods of qualitative by doing the semi-structured interviews and quantitative by using questionnaires. The nine interview participants were carefully
chosen through three different criteria, bus drivers, car drivers, and motorcyclists. Questionnaires were also given to around a hundred people who drive for work in South Jakarta area and were analysed using SPSS software. The findings from the semi-structured interviews show that there is a similar perspective towards road safety behaviour among the drivers. They view road safety behaviour as an attitude in following the safety signs. The drivers also agreed that the biggest obstacle to act safely is the road condition in Jakarta that consists of holes. The result from the questionnaire presents that 71.03 percent of 128 drivers agreed that the road condition in Jakarta is not safe. In conclusion, providing road safety behaviour training should be considered by Police Department before releasing the driving license for drivers.
Keywords: perception, attitude, behaviour, drivers, obstacles
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