The relation between self-reported driving style and driving behaviour. A simulator study. (July 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hooft van Huysduynen, Hanneke; Terken, Jacques; Eggen, Berry
• Is Part Of: Transportation research. Volume 56(2018)
• Page Start: 245
• Page End: 255
• Publication Date: 2018-07
• Subjects: Driving style -- Driving behaviour -- Human factors -- Self-report -- Questionnaire -- Driving simulator; Automobile drivers -- Psychology -- Periodicals; Automobile driving -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; Transportation -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; 629.283019
• DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2018.04.017
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1369-8478

Abstract

Highlights: Analysis of MDSI and behaviour in a simulator revealed modest significant relations. The results from the questionnaire may be used as a diagnostic tool. Perhaps multiple factors determine the behaviour of drivers in a simulator. Variance in driving behaviour due to factors such as goals related to environment. Findings emerged from this study are in line with the findings from the literature. Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the predictive value of the Multidimensional Driving Style Inventory (MDSI) for driving behaviour in a driving simulator, in terms of speeding, braking, steering, lateral positioning and maintaining distance to a preceding vehicle. Eighty-eight participants, mainly from the Netherlands and Belgium, filled in the MDSI and drove in a simulator for thirty minutes. Different driving behaviours, including complying with the maximum speed, lateral position and the distance to preceding vehicles, were recorded. The objective data retrieved from the simulator were compared with scores resulting from the questionnaire data. The analysis revealed modest correlations between the self-reported driving styles and the driving behaviour in the driving simulator, similar to those reported in the literature. It is concluded that the current study supports the use of the MDSI as a diagnostic tool for screening participants with different driving styles for simulator studies.