Influencing Factors for Illegal Driving Behaviors of Rural Bus Drivers

A Model of Bus Drivers’ Diseases: Risk Factors and Bus Accidents

Bus accident is a major health problem for bus drivers.  To identify the risk factors involved in bus accidents and to design a model showing the relation between the risk factors and bus driver’s health status, 219 bus drivers who worked for travel agencies in two areas of west and central Iran were enrolled into this study.  We used a questionnaire to gather information regarding both the bus...

Sleepiness while driving and shiftwork patterns among Korean bus drivers

BACKGROUND Sleepiness while driving has been regarded as a major cause of death due to traffic accidents. We compared the degree of sleepiness across five different working time periods (first, morning, post-lunch, afternoon, and last) among Korean bus drivers with different shift types (Daily two shift/Alternating day shift). METHOD We interviewed 332 bus drivers with two shift types (Daily ...

Aberrant driving behaviors: a study of drivers in Beijing.

The addition of massive numbers of new drivers with varied driving experience to roads in China suggests it is important to understand the nature of aberrant driving behaviors for this new set of drivers. A paper-based and an Internet survey were administered. Factor analysis produced a five-factor structure for each survey. The distinction between violations and errors indicated in previous st...

Investigating the awareness of inter-city bus drivers and truck drivers on coronary heart diseases risk factors

Introduction: In recent years, cardiovascular risk factors and the role of knowledge was so important in new researches. Unfortunately, ascending trend of these diseases in developing countries as well as Iran is disquieting. This study is aimed to determine the knowledge of truck and bus drivers about coronary heart disease risk factors. Methods: In this descriptive-analytic study, 300 b...

Adolescents and Driving: Factors Influencing Behavior