A A Comparison of Knowledge about Traffic Rules Attitudes towards Safe Driving Behaviours of Abiding Traffic Rules and Behaviours of Avoiding Responsibility for Traffic Violations of Students at Udon Thani Rajabhat University

Abstract

              The purpose of this study aimed to compare knowledge about traffic rules, attitudes towards safe driving, behaviours of abiding by traffic rules, and behaviours of avoiding responsibility for traffic violations among 720 undergraduate students of Udon Thani Rajabhat University, who had different genders, licenses, and histories of accidents. The research instruments for collecting the data consisted of the assessment form of knowledge about traffic rules, the questionnaire on the attitudes towards safe driving, and the assessment form of traffic and responsibility behaviours.

              The results from this study revealed that female students had more traffic compliance behaviours than male students with statistical significance at the .05 level. However, the male students were more likely to avoid responsibility for traffic violations than female students with statistical significance at the .05 level. Moreover, the students with driver's licenses had behaviours in compliance with traffic rules and knowledge of traffic rules than those students who did not have driving licenses with statistical significance at the .01 level whereas the students who had no injuries from accidents had less traffic-compliant behaviours than those who used to stay in hospital with statistical significance at the .05 level. To conclude, it is important to define guidelines for promoting student driving citizenship.