Behavioral Characteristics and Factors Associated to Red Light Running of Passenger Car Drivers in Khon Kaen City
Keywords:
Risk taking behavior, Traffic following behavior, Opportunistic behaviorAbstract
Red-Light Running (RLR) was considered as an unsafe action and as the risky behaviors that lead to fatal injury crashes. This study aims to reveal behavioral characteristics and the factors associated to RLR. The video cameras were used to monitor and record the behavior of passenger car drivers on the 3 selected signalized intersections in Khon Kaen city. Total of 6,772 drivers were observed. The logistic regression analysis techniques were used to analyze the behavioral data. The results reveal that the majority of RLR has traffic following behavior (53%), followed by risk taking behavior (25%), and opportunistic behavior (22%). The majority of RLR occurred on the 5 s of before-red time and 5 s of after-red time. This drivers group were higher chance to RLR on the right-turn maneuver, off-peak time, and on the direction with a crossing distance less than 42 meter. These factors have a different effect on each characteristic of RLR behaviors. Measure for control and deter each characteristic of RLR behaviors was presented in this study.
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