Risky-driving behavior and it relation with eco-driving behavior based on an adapted Manchester Driving Behavior questionnaire

Abstract

Eco-driving behavior can be influenced by technical aspect, environment, how people perceived it as a need, and how people acted while they driving. Driving style not only relates to a risk that people may involve but it also may relate to preserving the eco-driving behavior. This study proposed a quantification of the behavior along with risky drivers' behavior. The study involved a number of residents in some cities in Indonesia and conducted using a translated Manchester Driving Behavior questionnaire (MDBQ). About 89 collected filled questionnaire (68.5% male, 31.5% female) analyzed in this study. Based on reliability and validity test, questions Q2, Q3, Q8, Q10, and Q15 removed from further analysis, with final Cronbach's alpha value = 0.946. There were 12 questions that similar with an eco-driving behavior on the adapted MDBQ (as variable 1), and the remaining 33 questions treated as variable 2 which represented a risky driving behavior. This study showed that the participants has low to medium level of risky behavior and medium eco driving behavior. The statistical test revealed a significant correlation between those variables (r = 0.727; p<0.01). It confirm that less eco-driving behavior (indicated by higher answer's score) has a close relation with risky driving behavior. Increasing awareness of safe driving during eco-driving behavior training is suggested, and hopefully, it will increase the training success rate in long-term in the formed the expected behavior.