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The Driver Behavior Questionnaire is one of the most widely used instruments for measuring self-reported driving behaviors. The aim of this research is to conduct a comparative analysis of driving behavior based on the results of the AUTh Driver Questionnaire (ADQ) in a representative sample of drivers in Greece and Palestine (West Bank). ADQ was created in order to find a new comprehensive form which includes several aspects relating the attitudes of drivers and evaluating their driving performance. Data on a range of attitudes towards road safety were collected using an online survey. A total of 830 responses were obtained for each country. The Questionnaire consists of two main divisions; the first section includes information regarding socio-demographic information of drivers in terms of gender, age category, level of education, etc. and the second section comprised of 50 questions relating characteristics of drivers’ behavior. The data analysis included of two main parts: descriptive analysis and factor analysis, which comprises of exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Through EFA; the criteria used to determine the number of factors were the Kaiser criterion of eigenvalues over 1.0, the Cattell Scree plot, parallel analysis, and the interpretability of factors. The analysis resulted eleven and eight factors had eigenvalues over 1.0 in Greece and Palestine samples respectively. The results of the study highlight the differences in the drivers’ behavior indicating differences in national culture and the commitment of drivers to traffic regulations.
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Al-Karablieh, J., Kehagia, F. (2021). Comparison of Driver’s Behavior in Greece and Palestine (West Bank). In: Nathanail, E.G., Adamos, G., Karakikes, I. (eds) Advances in Mobility-as-a-Service Systems. CSUM 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1278. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61075-3_89
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