Aberrant Driving Behaviours on Risk Involvement among Drivers in China

Table 2

Five-factor solution (varimax rotation) for the Driver Behaviour Questionnaire.

Structure	M (SD)	Loadings
		1	2	3	4	5
1. Violations (Cronbach’s α = 0.860)
(Q23) Disregard the speed limits late at night or very early in the morning	1.95 (0.99)	0.70
(Q11) Speeding through the intersection at the end of the yellow light	1.63 (0.83)	0.67
(Q8) Honk to the driver in front to go faster or give way	1.88 (0.87)	0.65
(Q21) Speeding when not monitored	1.77 (0.88)	0.63
(Q27) Keep close distance with the front car	1.52 (0.71)	0.62
(Q10) When seeing the headlights coming on at night, turn on the headlights too	2.02 (1.05)	0.61
(Q4) Continuous lane change or rapid acceleration/deceleration	1.58 (0.79)	0.61
(Q15) Pass a slow driver on the right side	1.56 (0.78)	0.59
(Q7) Crossing red-light signal when not monitored	1.55 (0.78)	0.57
(Q19) Try to walk through the zebra crossing firstly before pedestrian.	1.42 (0.73)	0.52
2. Distracted driving (Cronbach’s α = 0.666)
(Q12) Operate the on-board system while driving (such as playing music, adjusting radio, or air-conditioning)	2.41 (1.04)		0.70
(Q22) Talk with a passenger when driving	2.76 (1.12)		0.61
(Q1) Call someone when driving	2.38 (0.93)		0.51
(Q16) Visit the web or watch movies while driving	1.25 (0.55)		0.75
(Q25) Read messages while driving (SMS, WeChat, or QQ messages)	1.78 (0.83)		0.59
3. Errors (Cronbach’s α = 0.649)
(Q2) Fail to check the rear/side mirror before lane changing	1.6 (0.64)			0.70
(Q3) Fail to judge the speed and distance of an oncoming car when overtaking	1.44 (0.66)			0.55
(Q5) Fail to notice give-way signs for pedestrians and cyclists and not deceleration	2.01 (1.09)			0.42
(Q6) Fail to notice pedestrians or cyclists when turning right/left.	1.55 (0.86)			0.78
(Q9) Fail to turn on the turn signal when lane changing	1.73 (0.82)			0.45
(Q13) Brake suddenly on the slippery road.	1.76 (1.22)			0.61
4. Drunk driving (Cronbach’s α = 0.622)
(Q20) Drive after a little of alcohol when there are no policemen	1.1 (0.34)				0.79
(Q14) Drive after a little of alcohol when needing to take to someone else home	1.13 (0.37)				0.74
(Q17) Drive back even though you may be over the legal blood-alcohol limit	1.15 (0.46)				0.65
(Q28) Drive after a little of alcoholic beverage	1.15 (0.48)				0.58
5. Fatigued driving (Cronbach’s α = 0.638)
(Q18) Feel tired or sleepy when driving	2.44 (1.06)					0.79
(Q24) Frequently fell sleepy because of insufficient sleep time or higher work pressure when driving	2.3 (1.14)					0.70
(Q26) Suddenly wake up after driving for a long time on the highway	1.47 (0.66)					0.55
% of variance explained		26.07	9.40	8.02	7.38	5.58

¹A cut-off point of 0.40 was used for item loading values and factor loadings below 0.40 were omitted for the sake of clarity.