Journal article
Common Traffic Violations of Bus Drivers in Urban China: An Observational Study
PloS one, Vol.10(9), p.e0137954
09/15/2015
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137954
PMCID: PMC4570791
PMID: 26372105
Abstract
To report common traffic violations in bus drivers and the factors that influence those violations in urban China.
We conducted an observational study to record three types of traffic violations among bus drivers in Changsha City, China: illegal stopping at bus stations, violating traffic light signals, and distracted driving. The behaviors of bus drivers on 32 routes (20% of bus routes in the city) were observed. A two-level Poisson regression examined factors that predicted bus driver violations.
The incidence of illegal stopping at bus stations was 20.2%. Illegal stopping was less frequent on weekends, sunny days, and at stations with cameras, with adjusted incidence rate ratios (IRRs) of 0.81, 0.65 and 0.89, respectively. The incidence of violating traffic light signals was 2.2%, and was lower on cloudy than sunny days (adjusted IRR: 0.60). The incidence of distracted driving was 3.3%. The incidence of distracted driving was less common on cloudy days, rainy or snowy days, and foggy/windy/dusty days compared to sunny days, with adjusted IRRs of 0.54, 0.55 and 0.07, respectively.
Traffic violations are common in bus drivers in urban China and they are associated with the date, weather, and presence of traffic cameras at bus station. Further studies are recommended to understand the behavioral mechanisms that may explain bus driver violations and to develop feasible prevention measures.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Common Traffic Violations of Bus Drivers in Urban China: An Observational Study
- Creators
- Qiqi Wang - Chinese Center For Disease Control and PreventionWei Zhang - Central South UniversityRendong Yang - Central South UniversityYuanxiu Huang - Hunan Provincial Center for Disease Control and PreventionLin Zhang - Central South UniversityPeishan Ning - Central South UniversityXunjie Cheng - Central South UniversityDavid C Schwebel - University of Alabama at BirminghamGuoqing Hu - Central South UniversityHongyan Yao - Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- PloS one, Vol.10(9), p.e0137954
- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0137954
- PMID
- 26372105
- PMCID
- PMC4570791
- NLM abbreviation
- PLoS One
- ISSN
- 1932-6203
- eISSN
- 1932-6203
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/15/2015
- Academic Unit
- Research Administration
- Record Identifier
- 9984949457002771
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