Research Article

A Study on the Differences in Driving Skills of Chinese Bus and Taxi Drivers

Table 2

DBQ used in this study.

DBQ-Items (α = 0.852)

Factor 1-Aggression (α = 0.763)
DBQ-6 Become angered by a certain type of driver and indicate your hostility by whatever means are at your disposal
DBQ-12 Sound your horn to indicate your annoyance to another road user
DBQ-15 Overtake a slow driver on the inside
DBQ-10 Become angered by another driver and chase after the driver with the intention of giving him/her a piece of your mind

DBQ-11 Race away from traffic lights with the intention of beating the driver next to you
Factor 2-Violations (α = 0.731)
DBQ-16 Disregard the speed limit on a motorway
DBQ-2 Disregard the speed limit on a residential road
DBQ-5 Miss “Give Way” signs and narrowly avoid colliding with traffic that has the right of way
DBQ-1 Stay in a motorway lane that you know will be closed ahead until the last minute before forcing your way into the other lane

Factor 3-Lack of concentration (α = 0.669)
DBQ-13 Misread the signs and exit a roundabout onto the wrong road
DBQ-14 Drive so closely to the car in front of you that it would be difficult to stop in an emergency
DBQ-17 Get into the wrong lane when approaching a roundabout or a junction
DBQ-3 Attempt to overtake someone whom you did not notice was signaling a right turn

Factor 4-Memory lapses (α = 0.644)
DBQ-8 Realize that you have no clear recollection of the road along which you have just been travelling
DBQ-9 Hit something that you had not previously seen when reversing
DBQ-7 Forget where you left your car in a parking lot
DBQ-4 Intending to drive to destination A, you “wake up” to find yourself on the road to destination B