Perception Of Motorbike Riding Safety In Taiwan And The Czech Republic

Objective. Perception of traffic safety might differ in various cultures. If we study what people in various cultures consider to be important for safe riding, we might enhance our ability to prepare good traffic infrastructure.Method Sample consisted from 122 Czech and 57 Taiwanese motorcycle or scooter riders. They filled questionnaire with 31 items about how much risky for riders they consider various traffic issues and how often they engage in risky driving activities. Answers of Czech and Taiwanese participants were compared using Mann -Whitney U Results. Czech riders consider behavior of other drivers to be larger riskfor traffic safety than it is considered by Taiwanese riders. Taiwanese riders consider their own riding behavior to be more risky than Czech riders. Taiwanese riders consider themselves to be better riders than Czech riders, they also think (in comparison with Czechs) that they have fewer patience with other drivers and get more easily angry. Taiwanese riders more often agree that they overtake cars from the right side. Czech riders more often than Taiwanese engage in activities allowing to use driving skills like overtaking cars during traffic jam by riding between two lines of cars or riding through solid line in curves.Conclusions. It might be beneficial if Taiwanese riders get information about safe overtaking before riding in the Czech Republic.Limitations. Main limitation is small sample especially in Taiwan. Also, samples in both cultures were collected in different ways. Questionnaire used was constructed for the Czech sample, we didn't use any internationally used questionnaire.