La perception du risque d'être arrêté chez les camionneurs et transporteurs routiers

Georges Dionne (), Denise Desjardins, Marie-Gloriose Ingabire and Rachid Aqdim
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Denise Desjardins: Université de Montréal
Marie-Gloriose Ingabire: Health Canada
Rachid Aqdim: HEC Montreal, Canada Research Chair in Risk Management

No 01-3, Working Papers from HEC Montreal, Canada Research Chair in Risk Management

Abstract: The primary objective of this research was to see how biases in the way economic agents perceive risks can affect their traffic safety behaviors. Three main risks are studied: fear of arrest for a traffic violation; fear of heavy penalties; and fear of the length of such penalties. We took a two-step approach. First, we used a survey to measure the biases of drivers and transporters, and then we looked at how these measurement results compared with their behavior as reflected in the number of demerit points and accidents on their record. To be more precise, the two-step analysis proceeded as follows: (1) for each of the biases studied, truckers and transporters were asked questions designed to allow comparison of their perceptions of risk with objective data; (2) indicators for individuals' perceptual biases were then used as explanatory variables in analyzing the distribution of violations and accidents. The results are summarized in the conclusion of the article.

Keywords: Perception bias; traffic violation; severity of penalty; length of penalty; road accidents; professional drivers; trucking firms; transportation of people (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D80 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2001-04-01
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Working Paper: La perception du risque d'etre arrete chez les camionneurs et transporteurs routiers (2001)
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