Professional vs. non-professional drivers: unveiling the risky driving behaviours on local road in Qatar.

IF 2.4 3区工程技术 Q3 ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL

Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-06-24 DOI:10.1080/00140139.2025.2521373

Mustafa Almallah, Wael K M Alhajyaseen, Khaled Aboeleneen, Qinaat Hussain, Charitha Dias

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Abstract

Taxis are one of the key travel modes, particularly for tourists as well as locals, placing professional taxi drivers in a key role in ensuring public safety. This study compares the driving behaviour of professional and non-professional on local roads in Qatar. A total of 52 professional and 48 non-professional drivers participated in the driving simulator experiment. The tested conditions included drivers' yielding behaviour at crosswalks, driving behind a slow bus and turning left at a T-intersection while assessing and accepting short gaps in oncoming traffic. The results indicated that professional drivers demonstrated more conservative driving behaviour across tested conditions. Professional drivers had higher yielding rates and reduced crossing speeds at crosswalk compared to non-professional drivers. Moreover, professional drivers were less likely to overtake the bus and maintained higher headways with it. Additionally, they were less influenced by external factors, specifically close following and honking, when turning left at intersections.

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职业司机与非职业司机：揭示卡塔尔当地道路上的危险驾驶行为。

出租车是主要的出行方式之一，尤其是对游客和当地人来说，专业的出租车司机在确保公共安全方面发挥着关键作用。本研究比较了卡塔尔当地道路上专业人士和非专业人士的驾驶行为。共有52名专业司机和48名非专业司机参加了驾驶模拟器实验。测试的条件包括司机在人行横道上的屈服行为，在慢速公共汽车后面驾驶，在t形十字路口左转，同时评估并接受迎面而来的车辆的短间隙。结果表明，职业司机在测试条件下表现出更保守的驾驶行为。与非专业司机相比，专业司机在人行横道上的屈服率更高，过马路的速度更慢。此外，职业司机超车的可能性更小，并与公交车保持较高的前车距离。此外，当他们在十字路口左转时，他们受外部因素的影响较小，特别是紧跟着和鸣笛。

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Ergonomics 工程技术-工程：工业

CiteScore

4.60

自引率

12.50%

发文量

147

审稿时长

6 months

期刊介绍： Ergonomics, also known as human factors, is the scientific discipline that seeks to understand and improve human interactions with products, equipment, environments and systems. Drawing upon human biology, psychology, engineering and design, Ergonomics aims to develop and apply knowledge and techniques to optimise system performance, whilst protecting the health, safety and well-being of individuals involved. The attention of ergonomics extends across work, leisure and other aspects of our daily lives. The journal Ergonomics is an international refereed publication, with a 60 year tradition of disseminating high quality research. Original submissions, both theoretical and applied, are invited from across the subject, including physical, cognitive, organisational and environmental ergonomics. Papers reporting the findings of research from cognate disciplines are also welcome, where these contribute to understanding equipment, tasks, jobs, systems and environments and the corresponding needs, abilities and limitations of people. All published research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by independent expert referees.