Drivers' behavior is one of the most important factors in traffic safety. Understanding of this issue and its effective factors can be helpful to reduce the influences of human factors on traffic accidents. The objective of this study is to apply Manchester driver behavior questionnaire (DBQ) to a group of drivers who have overtaken on two-lane rural roads and to analyze their behavior. Also, t...

background the most accidents can be directly attributed to human factors. hence, more traffic crashes result from driver malfunctioning which from among them, the driver behavior is a proximal factor in the road traffic injuries causation chain. objectives this study aims to investigate relationship between aberrant driving behaviors questionnaire (dbq factors) and self-report crashes involvem...

The Driver Behaviour Questionnaire (DBQ) is widely used around the world to investigate driving behaviours. However, it has several different versions extracted from the 50-items Manchester driver behaviour questionnaire for variety of societies. This study aims to calibrate the DBQ for the Iranian driver population and explore their aberrant driver behaviour. In total, 524 participants (325 me...

background: long distance truck drivers (ldtds) and their sexual health risk behaviors have been associated with greater prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (stis), hiv and hepatitis virus transmission. however, there is no information about iranian ldtds' high-risk behaviors. the aim of this investigation was to estimate the prevalence of high-risk behaviors in iranian ldtds. methods...

music has been used as mood modulator by humans for many years. nowadays music is mostly play as one of the switch in a car. although music listening is common at during driving. its impact on driving performance has developed debates and controversies. studies have shown that self-selected in-car music listening can improve driver’s mood and behavior. however other studies have reported that b...