Mobile Phone Use Behavior While Riding Motorcycles Through Signalized Intersections in Khon Kaen City, Thailand

Authors

  • Ekarin Surinaud นักศึกษา หลักสูตรวิศวกรรมศาสตรมหาบัณฑิต สาขาวิชาวิศวกรรมโยธา คณะวิศวกรรมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยขอนแก่น
  • Thaned Satiennam ศาสตราจารย์ สาขาวิชาวิศวกรรมโยธา คณะวิศวกรรมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยขอนแก่น
  • Wichuda Satiennam รองศาสตราจารย์ สาขาวิชาวิศวกรรมโยธา คณะวิศวกรรมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยขอนแก่น
  • Jetsada Kumphong อาจารย์ สาขาวิชาครุศาสตร์อุตสาหกรรมโยธา คณะครุศาสตร์อุตสาหกรรม มหาวิทยาลัยเทคโนโลยีราชมงคลอีสาน

Keywords:

Mobile phone use while riding, Hand-held mobile phone usage, Motorcyclist, Signalized intersection

Abstract

Mobile phone use by hand-held while riding motorcycle is one of the risky driving behaviors that violate the law. This study aims to study mobile phone use behavior while riding motorcycle in Khon Kaen City, Thailand. The study area consists of four signalized intersections. This study collected 13,947 samples of motorcyclists. The Pearson Chi-square test was applied to compare the proportion of mobile phone use behavior. The study results found that there were 1,362 mobile phone used motorcyclists (9.8%), classified into 1,081 mobile phone use by hand-held (7.8%), 281 mobile phone use by hands free (2.0%). Proportions of mobile phone use behavior (Illegal behavior) were different significantly according to p intersections’ physical conditions and drivers’ characteristics.

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Published

2022-08-05

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 3 (2022)

Section

บทความวิจัย

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