Contribution of Aggressive driving, Negative emotions, and Risky driving to Dangerous driving in young motorcyclists at Bandung City, Indonesia

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify contribution of aggressive driving, negative emotions while driving, and risky driving to dangerous driving behavior in young motorcyclists at Bandung city, Indonesia. Subjects of this research are young motorcyclists and data was collected by using The Dangerous Driving Behavior measurement tool developed by James and Nahl, and Dula and Ballard. The results obtained show that aggressive driving, negative emotions while driving, and risky driving, together can predict the occurrence of dangerous driving behavior. Correlations among the highest variables are: negative emotions while driving with aggressive driving, followed by negative emotions while driving with risky driving, and the lowest is aggressive driving with risky driving. The risky driving is founded as the variable which the contribution was the highest to the dangerous driving behavior, followed by negative emotions while driving and the aggressive driving. In conclusion, dangerous driving behavior in young motorcyclists could be predicted by the present of aggressive driving, negative emotions while driving, and risky driving. The implication of this research