The influence of origin country in drivers behaviour : a case study of Dubai

Based on the Traffic Police Department of Dubai (TPD), the city has the highest rate of accidents with different types of injuries and fatality comparing with the rest of the Emirates. Also reported that more than 70% of accidents caused by foreign drivers, and driving behaviour is the main reason f...

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Main Author: Alhassan, Wisal Hassan Ibrahim
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2021
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spelling my-utm-ep.967242022-08-20T01:33:50Z The influence of origin country in drivers behaviour : a case study of Dubai 2021 Alhassan, Wisal Hassan Ibrahim HT101-395 Sociology, Urban Based on the Traffic Police Department of Dubai (TPD), the city has the highest rate of accidents with different types of injuries and fatality comparing with the rest of the Emirates. Also reported that more than 70% of accidents caused by foreign drivers, and driving behaviour is the main reason for 80% of the accidents. Furthermore, understanding the impact of drivers’ behaviour play an important role in road safety. The purpose of this research is to study the influence of home-country on drivers behaviour and evaluate the relationship between the nationality of drivers and their driving behaviour in terms of accidents and traffic violations. Moreover, the study provides suitable recommendations to improve the training programs to be more effective in increasing the concentration of drivers on their behaviour and suggests any evaluation program to monitor the drivers' behaviour in terms of their violations and accidents participation to ensure that they could set to extra training sessions if needed. 2021 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/96724/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/96724/1/WisalHassanIbrahimAlhassanMFABU2021.pdf.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:142723 masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Faculty of Built Environment & Surveying
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic HT101-395 Sociology
Urban
spellingShingle HT101-395 Sociology
Urban
Alhassan, Wisal Hassan Ibrahim
The influence of origin country in drivers behaviour : a case study of Dubai
description Based on the Traffic Police Department of Dubai (TPD), the city has the highest rate of accidents with different types of injuries and fatality comparing with the rest of the Emirates. Also reported that more than 70% of accidents caused by foreign drivers, and driving behaviour is the main reason for 80% of the accidents. Furthermore, understanding the impact of drivers’ behaviour play an important role in road safety. The purpose of this research is to study the influence of home-country on drivers behaviour and evaluate the relationship between the nationality of drivers and their driving behaviour in terms of accidents and traffic violations. Moreover, the study provides suitable recommendations to improve the training programs to be more effective in increasing the concentration of drivers on their behaviour and suggests any evaluation program to monitor the drivers' behaviour in terms of their violations and accidents participation to ensure that they could set to extra training sessions if needed.
format Thesis
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author Alhassan, Wisal Hassan Ibrahim
author_facet Alhassan, Wisal Hassan Ibrahim
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title The influence of origin country in drivers behaviour : a case study of Dubai
title_short The influence of origin country in drivers behaviour : a case study of Dubai
title_full The influence of origin country in drivers behaviour : a case study of Dubai
title_fullStr The influence of origin country in drivers behaviour : a case study of Dubai
title_full_unstemmed The influence of origin country in drivers behaviour : a case study of Dubai
title_sort influence of origin country in drivers behaviour : a case study of dubai
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
granting_department Faculty of Built Environment & Surveying
publishDate 2021
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/96724/1/WisalHassanIbrahimAlhassanMFABU2021.pdf.pdf
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