Human Factors Associated with Self-reported Aberrant Behavior-A Study of Different Indian Autorickshaw Driver Age Group

Driving is a complicated task that demands a high level of concentration for processing information and reacting to the road environment. Therefore, Human factors play an important role during driving task performance. The objective of this study is to investigate the human factors that impact driving behavior in different age groups of autorickshaw drivers in India. These factors are mainly associated with cognitive or psychological factors and personal characteristics. This study was conducted in the Mumbai, Maharashtra region with a total of 96 male autorickshaw drivers of two different age groups. A conventional neuropsychological battery was utilized to assess the cognitive ability of the drivers including simple reaction time, concentration, short-term memory, visual acuity, and matrix reasoning. A driving behavior questionnaire (DBQ) was developed and applied to measure the violation and errors done by the autorickshaw drivers. To identify the traffic knowledge of the drivers 10 traffic sign-related photographs were shown to the drivers to know their awareness about traffic signs and rules. Finding from the result shows that the simpler reaction time, visual acuity, and short-term memory are significantly correlated with the DBQ score. Lack of education and traffic knowledge was found among both groups of drivers but in the young age group, the DBQ score was found higher in comparison with the old drivers due to increased violation and error scores.