A Qualitative Investigation of Professional Driver Behavior Due to Socio-Economic, Cultural, Religious Factors and Its Impact on Dubai Road Safety

Shahid Tanvir; Noor Zainab Habib; Guy H. Walker

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-93885-1_70

A Qualitative Investigation of Professional Driver Behavior Due to Socio-Economic, Cultural, Religious Factors and Its Impact on Dubai Road Safety

Shahid Tanvir^*
, Noor Zainab Habib
, Guy H. Walker

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Dubai (UAE) has experienced phenomenal transformation and rapid development recently. Despite high quality roads and transportation infrastructure, improving road safety is a major challenge due to extremely diverse socio-cultural background of Dubai’s population. Smooth urban mobility is very critical to Dubai’s continued economic growth and future development. Safer roads will not only boost investment and business activity but also improve quality of life for residents and visitors. In this regard, the vision of “zero fatality by 2020” is an ambitious government initiative. This research sought to understand the behavior of professional drivers influenced by unique socio-cultural, economic and religious factors and its impact on road safety in fast growing city of Dubai. The study adopted qualitative method involving in-depth interviews with 25 professional drivers of various backgrounds using thematic analysis. The findings show positive correlation between socio-cultural, economic factors and aberrant driver behavior but religious fatalism needs further research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation
Subtitle of host publication	AHFE 2018
Editors	Neville Stanton
Publisher	Springer
Pages	764-775
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319938851
ISBN (Print)	9783319938844
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93885-1_70
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Transportation 2018 - Orlando, United States Duration: 21 Jul 2018 → 25 Jul 2018

Publication series

Name	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Publisher	Springer
Volume	786
ISSN (Print)	2194-5357
ISSN (Electronic)	2194-5365

Conference

Conference	AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Transportation 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando
Period	21/07/18 → 25/07/18

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

Dubai road safety
Human factors
Professional driver behavior
Religious beliefs
Socio-cultural economic factors
Traffic safety culture

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
General Computer Science

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Tanvir, S., Habib, N. Z., & Walker, G. H. (2019). A Qualitative Investigation of Professional Driver Behavior Due to Socio-Economic, Cultural, Religious Factors and Its Impact on Dubai Road Safety. In N. Stanton (Ed.), Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation: AHFE 2018 (pp. 764-775). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 786). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93885-1_70

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Tanvir, S, Habib, NZ & Walker, GH 2019, A Qualitative Investigation of Professional Driver Behavior Due to Socio-Economic, Cultural, Religious Factors and Its Impact on Dubai Road Safety. in N Stanton (ed.), Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation: AHFE 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 786, Springer, pp. 764-775, AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Transportation 2018, Orlando, Florida, United States, 21/07/18. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93885-1_70

A Qualitative Investigation of Professional Driver Behavior Due to Socio-Economic, Cultural, Religious Factors and Its Impact on Dubai Road Safety. / Tanvir, Shahid; Habib, Noor Zainab ; Walker, Guy H.
Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation: AHFE 2018. ed. / Neville Stanton. Springer, 2019. p. 764-775 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 786).

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Tanvir S, Habib NZ , Walker GH. A Qualitative Investigation of Professional Driver Behavior Due to Socio-Economic, Cultural, Religious Factors and Its Impact on Dubai Road Safety. In Stanton N, editor, Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation: AHFE 2018. Springer. 2019. p. 764-775. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing). Epub 2018 Jun 28. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-93885-1_70

A Qualitative Investigation of Professional Driver Behavior Due to Socio-Economic, Cultural, Religious Factors and Its Impact on Dubai Road Safety

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