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A matter of style? Testing the moderating effect of driving styles on the relationship between job strain and work-related crashes of professional drivers
Sergio Useche, Boris Cendales, Francisco Alonso, Mauricio Orozco-Fontalvo
(2020). ArticleTransportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour. No.72
Different empirical studies suggest that both job strain and driving styles are significant contributors to the work-related traffic crashes suffered by professional drivers. Nevertheless, the current evidence falls considerably short when explaining why driving styles may modify (or not) the relationship between occupational stressors and professional drivers’ safety outcomes. The aim of this study was to examine whether driving styles moderate the effect of job strain on professional drivers’ Work Traffic Crashes (WTCs). This research was performed using the data collected from a sample of 753 professional drivers, responding to a self-report questionnaire on job strain (work stress...
Different empirical studies suggest that both job strain and driving styles are significant contributors to the work-related traffic crashes suffered by professional drivers. Nevertheless, the current evidence falls considerably short when explaining why driving styles may modify (or not) the relationship between occupational stressors and professional drivers’ safety outcomes. The aim of this study was to examine whether driving styles moderate the effect of job strain on professional drivers’ Work Traffic Crashes (WTCs). This research was performed using the data collected from a sample of 753 professional drivers, responding to a self-report questionnaire on job strain (work stress indicator of the Job Demand-Control model), driving styles and work-traffic safety outcomes suffered in the past two years. Regression-based moderation analyses suggest that the job strain of professional drivers is positively associated with the occupational traffic crashes they suffer, and that such association is stronger in drivers with “reckless & careless”, “anxious”, and “angry & hostile” driving styles. Meanwhile, the “patient & careful” (positive) driving style was not associated with a lower risk of suffering a WTC, nor with a lower vulnerability to stress-related WTCs. The results of this study support the hypothesis that driving styles exert a statistical moderation between the job strain and the occupational traffic crashes suffered by professional drivers. These findings may support the design of evidence-based interventions in both the organizational and individual levels, focused stress-related factors and driving styles as predictors of work traffic crashes.
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Plan Estratégico Nacional de Peatones de la República Dominicana
Francisco Alonso, Cristina Esteban, Jose Luis Velarte, Enrique Casquero, Jorge Suarez, Mireia Faus, Sergio A. Useche
(2020). LlibreIn the "National Strategic Plan for Pedestrian Safety for the Dominican Republic 2020-2023", 17 solutions are proposed to the problems of safe pedestrian movement in our country, ranging from "Improvement and optimization of road training", "Optimization of the characteristics and condition of vehicles", "Diagnosis of road safety with respect to the needs of pedestrians", to "Detection and punishment of risk behavior" and "Establishment of systems for evaluating measures", to mention a few; as well as tied to the first are about 32 specific measures, among which are the aforementioned "Pedestrian Safety" and others such as promoting road safety education, establishing minimum standards of...
In the "National Strategic Plan for Pedestrian Safety for the Dominican Republic 2020-2023", 17 solutions are proposed to the problems of safe pedestrian movement in our country, ranging from "Improvement and optimization of road training", "Optimization of the characteristics and condition of vehicles", "Diagnosis of road safety with respect to the needs of pedestrians", to "Detection and punishment of risk behavior" and "Establishment of systems for evaluating measures", to mention a few; as well as tied to the first are about 32 specific measures, among which are the aforementioned "Pedestrian Safety" and others such as promoting road safety education, establishing minimum standards of vehicle safety, audits to the road network, regulatory compliance to attack risky behaviors, among others.
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The closer… the unsafer: may the lack of safe distance be a silent contributor to the burden of traffic crashes in Spain?
Francisco Alonso, Mireia Faus, Sergio Useche
(2020). ArticleCuadernos Latinoamericanos De Administración. No.16(30)
Not keeping an adequate safe distance is one of the elements that are directly related to traffic accidents. The main objective of this research was to identify the aspects that modulate the safe distance-accidents relation. Specifically, the frequency and reasons why drivers do not keep the safe distance, the perception of drivers regarding the probability of penalty, the penalties imposed and their severity, and the drivers’ opinion on the effectiveness of such penalties in order to change this behavior. A questionnaire was administrated to a sample of 1,100 Spanish drivers having any kind of driving license. The results showed that only the 5,6% of drivers always or sometimes do not keep...
Not keeping an adequate safe distance is one of the elements that are directly related to traffic accidents. The main objective of this research was to identify the aspects that modulate the safe distance-accidents relation. Specifically, the frequency and reasons why drivers do not keep the safe distance, the perception of drivers regarding the probability of penalty, the penalties imposed and their severity, and the drivers’ opinion on the effectiveness of such penalties in order to change this behavior. A questionnaire was administrated to a sample of 1,100 Spanish drivers having any kind of driving license. The results showed that only the 5,6% of drivers always or sometimes do not keep the safe distance. Among the specific reasons, the traffic conditions and congestions and drivers not realizing they were not keeping a safe distance were the most frequent ones. Likewise, drivers perceived that the probability of being caught (sanctioned) as a consequence of this misbehavior is considerably limited. Moreover, there were no respondents who had received a fine for not keeping a safe distance while driving. The results contrast with previous studies in which it is showed that not keeping a safe distance is a quite frequently behavior, and remark shat several efforts are needed for strengthen the awareness of people in this matter, with the aim of reducing traffic crashes related to it, and their high multidimensional burden for societies.
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Plan Estratégico Nacional de Movilidad Eléctrica de República Dominicana
Fernando Anaya Reviewer: Francisco Alonso
(2020). LlibreThe National Strategic Plan for Electric Mobility arises as part of the main objectives of the creation of the working group on alternative energy for transportation, which responds to the country's commitment made in the Paris Declaration and Call for Action on Electric Mobility and Climate Change (COP21), with the aim of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 25% before 2030.
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Multidimensional prediction of work traffic crashes among Spanish professional drivers in cargo and passenger transportation
Sergio Useche, Boris Cendales, Francisco Alonso, Luis Montoro
(2020). ArticleInternational Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics.
The aim of this study was to examine the effect of different environmental, mechanical and individual factors associated with fatalities and serious injuries caused by work traffic accidents among cargo and passenger transport drivers (CPTD) in Spain. For this cross-sectional study, national data on work traffic accidents collected in Spain during the last 3 years were analyzed through a regression modeling approach, in order to predict the severity of traffic crashes involving CPTD. Using binary logistic regression analyses, it was found that the type of road and accident, the meteorological, light and vehicle conditions, individual characteristics and risky driving behaviors significantly...
The aim of this study was to examine the effect of different environmental, mechanical and individual factors associated with fatalities and serious injuries caused by work traffic accidents among cargo and passenger transport drivers (CPTD) in Spain. For this cross-sectional study, national data on work traffic accidents collected in Spain during the last 3 years were analyzed through a regression modeling approach, in order to predict the severity of traffic crashes involving CPTD. Using binary logistic regression analyses, it was found that the type of road and accident, the meteorological, light and vehicle conditions, individual characteristics and risky driving behaviors significantly predict the risk of fatal work traffic accidents and serious injuries. These findings highlight the importance of combining organizational efforts with national road safety policies in order to generate a traffic safety culture among CPTD.
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Event Transportation & Logistics Summit 2020
Francisco Alonso
(2020). Participació en congressosDr. Francisco Alonso, Director of INTRAS, has participated in the event Transport & Logistics Summit 2020 held in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) on March 12, 2020. The event, organized by Revista Mercado, marks the path of the future of the air, maritime, land and logistics transport sector, led by the best local and international experts. Dr. Alonso has been part of the Panel "A shared vision", within the Terrestrial Block introduced by Claudia Franchesca de los Santos, Director of the National Institute of Land Transport (INTRANT), who highlighted that the Dominican Republic has the maximum road infrastructure in Central America and that the focus is related to finishing ordering...
Dr. Francisco Alonso, Director of INTRAS, has participated in the event Transport & Logistics Summit 2020 held in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) on March 12, 2020. The event, organized by Revista Mercado, marks the path of the future of the air, maritime, land and logistics transport sector, led by the best local and international experts. Dr. Alonso has been part of the Panel "A shared vision", within the Terrestrial Block introduced by Claudia Franchesca de los Santos, Director of the National Institute of Land Transport (INTRANT), who highlighted that the Dominican Republic has the maximum road infrastructure in Central America and that the focus is related to finishing ordering the vehicular flow.
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12th (Inter) National Congress of Legal and Forensic Psychology
Francisco Alonso
(2020). Participació en congressosDr. Francisco Alonso presented the paper "Relationship between the Psychology of Traffic and Spanish Road Safety and the implementation of the plans derived from Law 63-17 on Mobility, Land Transport, Traffic and Road Safety of the Dominican Republic”, within the Board of Experts "Professional performance in the Recognition Centers. Strengths and weaknesses", in the 12th (Inter) National Congress of Legal and Forensic Psychology held in Madrid from February 13 to 15, 2020, and organized by the Spanish Society of Legal and Forensic Psychology (SEPJF
