E-scooters are quite popular among young people in big cities. Their use seems to be a well-studied phenomenon. This study concentrates on the risky behaviour of e-scooter riders and on e-scooter riders' and non-riders' attitudes towards risky e-scooter riding. The goals were to describe these attitudes and to describe the most common types of risky e-scooter behaviours in five participating countries. An online questionnaire was developed and distributed in Australia, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Sweden, and Norway from June to September 2020. Respondents were recruited through sponsored Facebook ads and participant sharing (snowball sampling). The riders in the countries considered in this study tend to perceive e-scooters as being quite safe. The majority of them even think e-scooters pose no danger to other road users. On the other hand, the non-riders believe riding an e-scooter is rather unsafe, with the exception of Belgium, where the respondents tend to think that it is very unsafe. When risky behaviour is considered, the non-riders tend to report more risky behaviour than e-scooter riders, even though fact-based observable behaviour, e.g. helmet use, should in principle be the same across both groups. In addition, as the existing literature shows, evidence suggests that young riders and male riders engage in more risky riding behaviours in comparison to older and female riders. This phenomenon should be addressed by effective preventive programmers and campaigns. The data shows that a greater frequency of riding predicted more risky riding behaviours. Although there are some differences between the samples under study, these findings can inspire police officers to promote e-scooter safety behaviour.


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    Titel :

    Attitudes Towards E-scooter Safety - A Survey in Five Countries


    Beteiligte:
    Elisabeta Drimlová (Autor:in) / Matúš Šucha (Autor:in) / Karel Rečka (Autor:in) / Narelle Haworth (Autor:in) / Aslak Fyhri (Autor:in) / Pontus Wallgren (Autor:in) / Peter Silverans (Autor:in) / Freya Slootmans (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2024




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Unbekannt




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