Driving violations: the joint contribution of personality, anger, and passion

Carla Cardoso • Josefina Castro • Mariana Machado • Cândido da Agra

Keywords

Driving violations, personality, driving anger, passion for driving                                                            

Abstract

This study aims to explore the joint contribution of personality, driving anger, and passion in the prediction of driving violations. In addition, a profile of drivers more prone to commit driving violations was characterized. To achieve these ends, 569 drivers completed a self-report questionnaire. It was found that psychoticism, impulsivity, sensation-seeking, driving anger, and obsessive passion predicted driving violations. Moreover, the results demonstrated that driving anger and impulsivity mediated the effect of neuroticism on driving violations. Finally, it was observed that drivers with more driving violations were men, younger, had less driving experience, had more road accidents, and were responsible for more of them.