Driving Behaviour of Long Distance Truck Drivers: The Effects of Schedule Compliance on Drug Use and Speeding Citations
Field | Value | Language |
dc.contributor.author | Golob, Thomas F. | |
dc.contributor.author | Hensher, David A. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-20 | |
dc.date.available | 2018-11-20 | |
dc.date.issued | 1994-05-01 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2123/19076 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper reports the results of an econometric analysis of the influences on on-road behaviour of long distance truck drivers in Australia. The approach is couched in terms of a utility maximisation framework in which a driver trades-off economic reward with occupational risk. The physical risks to the driver due to driving while fatigued are proxied by the use of stimulants. Drawing on a 1990 survey of a sample of 402 truck drivers selected from owner drivers and employee drivers, we evaluate a number of alternative hypotheses on the relationship between drug taking, compliance with schedules and the propensity to speed. A system of structural equations is specified to test alternative hypotheses on causality between the endogenous variables and a set of exogenous effects. The models are estimated using distribution-free methods for mixed dichotomous and continuous variables. The main findings within the set of endogenous variables is that increasing speed is positively influenced by the propensity to take stay-awake pills which is itself positively influenced by the propensity to self-impose schedules. After controlling for a number of contextual influences on the endogenous variables, rates of financial reward have a significant impacts on all three endogenous variables. This study has highlighted the complex relationships which exist between speeding, social behaviour and economic reward. | en_AU |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | ITS-WP-94-12 | en_AU |
dc.title | Driving Behaviour of Long Distance Truck Drivers: The Effects of Schedule Compliance on Drug Use and Speeding Citations | en_AU |
dc.type | Working Paper | en_AU |
dc.contributor.department | ITLS | en_AU |
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