Introduce a model for urban taxi drivers driving offenses using driver characteristics

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1 Assistant Professor, department of civil engineering, Iran university of science and technology.

2 Department of civil engineering, Iran university of science and technology.

3 Department of civil engineering, North university of technology.

4 Assistant Professor, Ayat-ollah Amoli branch of Azad University.

Abstract

According to Tehran Traffic Department’s report, the number of urban taxi accidents in Tehran in 1394 and 1395 was 1886 and 2021, respectively. The aim of this study is to investigate the unsafe behavior of taxi drivers as a large group of professional drivers and the factors affecting driving offenses occurrence in Tehran. To reach this goal, the data regarding driving offenses of urban taxi drivers in 22 districts of Tehran from 1394/1/1 to 1395/12/29 has been collected from traffic police of Tehran and used in statistical analysis and multiple regression modeling. According to the results, the drivers of taxi fleet aging over 70 are more likely to pass the red light compared to the driver younger than 30. Old drivers who were trained long time ago can be updated by training. The rate of passing the red light for the drivers having class 1 driver’s license compared to the ones with class 2 driver’s license is less. By giving some bonus like insurance discount, free annual technical diagnosis of car or giving free parking card to the class 1 driver’s license can motivate the drivers to obey the rules and drive more safely. For the drivers with class 2 driver’s license who commit more traffic offenses, giving negative driving score is suggested which can act as a restraining force. Younger taxi drivers, drive riskier compared to the older ones and as a result, they commit more driving offenses. For instance, drivers less than 30 years old are 3 times more probable to commit prohibited entry than drivers over 70 years old. This kind of offence can be decreased by enacting stricter rules for the younger drivers.

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Journal of Transportation Research

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 08 July 2019

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