Compliance and Traffic Safety Culture: Reflections on Theories and Empiricism Cover Image

Szabálykövetés és közlekedésbiztonsági kultúra elméletek és empíria tükrében
Compliance and Traffic Safety Culture: Reflections on Theories and Empiricism

Author(s): Béla Bauer, Andás Déri
Subject(s): Sociology of Culture, Social Norms / Social Control, Transport / Logistics
Published by: Korunk Baráti Társaság
Keywords: road safety; traffic safety culture; sociology; compliance

Summary/Abstract: Our study examines the changes in traffic habits in recent years and presents the resulting key issues of compliance and divergence within the framework of theories of traffic safety culture. In the first part of the paper, we present theoretical approaches to understanding the road safety aspects of compliance, including aspects of traffic safety culture, socialisation for safe driving and norm following. Empirical data collected in recent years by the KTI Hungarian Institute for Transport Sciences and Logistics will then be presented. Our surveys examine issues related to traffic safety culture among the adult Hungarian population, while our focus group studies investigate habits and discourses related to safe transport. The results show that safe transport as a priority is strongly present among road users, but that this is not always linked to compliance with rules.

  • Issue Year: 2024
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 68-81
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Hungarian