Why do accidents happen anywhere? Psychology of Traffic Accidents: Why Do People Make Mistakes, Break Rules, and Approach Danger?

■Traffic Inmates: Days of Reflection and Atonement

Psychology of Traffic Accidents: Why Do People Make Mistakes, Break Rules, and Approach Danger?

A small misjudgment or rule violation can lead to a big accident and change the lives of the victims and perpetrators. Traffic prison inmates are different from the image of so-called criminals. People who lived normal lives and drove cars.

■ Human error

Accidents occur for various reasons, but drivers are held accountable for driver mistakes ( human error ) and driver violations of rules (unsafe behavior).

Driver human error can take many forms.

Fatigue, lack of sleep, impatience, drinking, etc. will dull your judgment and quick actions. If you are careless, thinking, or operating your mobile phone, you will make mistakes such as missing pedestrians or traffic lights.

Inexperienced driving can lead to accidents such as mistaking the brake and accelerator.

On the other hand, there are also accidents caused by overconfidence and reckless driving. I drove recklessly to show my juniors in the baseball club what I was good at, and there was an accident in which both legs were amputated. ). People who think they have good reflexes and are good at driving often cause accidents.

■ Rule violations and unsafe behavior

Rule violations and unsafe behaviors such as big speeding, drunk driving, stop violations, etc. may occur on a daily basis. Errors and mistakes are unintended actions, but rule violations and unsafe actions are intentional actions.

There are several possible reasons for intentional rule violations despite the threat to safety.

• I don't agree with the rules, I feel they don't make sense.

• There are many drawbacks to following the rules. The benefits that can be obtained as a result of rule violations are great.

• Everyone is fine and breaking the rules.

• No penalty or small penalty for violations.

• Breaking the rules has become a habit.

• I feel that there is little danger even if I break the rules.

• Of course, breaking the rules does not always lead to accidents. However, routine rule violations increase the chances of accidents.

According to the research of Yasuhiro Nagatsuka, a traffic psychologist,

"Properly stop and check left and right for safety"

This alone reduces accidents.

The psychology of deliberately taking risks

We are in a hurry, want to show off, and want to experience the thrill.

Pedestrians trying to cross the roadway, and oncoming vehicles trying to turn right. It is necessary to recognize these existences properly and judge them. However, if you are in a hurry or want to show off your cool side, you may not be able to spot pedestrians or right-turning vehicles.

Even if you can find it, you may underestimate the danger. Even if I don't slow down and go first, I feel like I'm going to go well.

It distorts hazard detection, assessment, and decision-making (such as slowing down).

No one intentionally causes an accident, even if they drive recklessly. Even if it is just barely, it will go well, and you will judge that it is safe.

■ Car progress and driver psychology

Automobiles are getting better and better. High tech makes it easy to turn, stop, and spin without slipping. Ideally, it should be safer.

You drive like you used to, and with advances in car safety, you should be safer than you used to be. However, people rely on convenient tools. As cars have advanced, ordinary drivers tend to drive unsafely.

If so, the meaning of the progress of the car will be lost.

■ For traffic safety

Car games in video games are games that compete for speed and dodge obstacles with skillful steering. This is exciting. It's an interesting one. But of course, it's not realistic. I will not drive like that on a general road, not on a circuit.

Safe driving can be sober and uninteresting. But most importantly.

Safety education is necessary for traffic safety. Safety education for pedestrians and bicycles from childhood will lead to safe driving in the future. As adults, we need to look after our minds and bodies.

The most important thing is to work together to create a "safety culture."

Supporting safe driving by both families and companies will lead to traffic safety. We are moving a lump of iron weighing 1 ton at 100 kilometers per hour.

I do not want to waste the heartfelt regrets of those in traffic prisons and the precious sacrifices of traffic accident victims.