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Investigating the effect of social and cultural factors on drivers in Malaysia: A naturalistic driving study

Road accidents are increasing every year in Malaysia, and it is always challenging to collect reliable pre-crash data in the transportation community. Existing studies relied on simulators, police crash reports, questionnaires, and surveys to study Malaysia's drivers' behavior. Researchers...

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Main Authors: Al-Hussein, Ward Ahmed, Kiah, Miss Laiha Mat, Por, Lip Yee, Zaidan, Bilal Bahaa
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Published: MDPI 2021
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QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
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spelling my.um.eprints.265112022-03-09T07:43:39Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/26511/ Investigating the effect of social and cultural factors on drivers in Malaysia: A naturalistic driving study Al-Hussein, Ward Ahmed Kiah, Miss Laiha Mat Por, Lip Yee Zaidan, Bilal Bahaa QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Road accidents are increasing every year in Malaysia, and it is always challenging to collect reliable pre-crash data in the transportation community. Existing studies relied on simulators, police crash reports, questionnaires, and surveys to study Malaysia's drivers' behavior. Researchers previously criticized such methods for being biased and unreliable. To fill in the literature gap, this study presents the first naturalistic driving study in Malaysia. Thirty drivers were recruited to drive an instrumented vehicle for 750 km while collecting continuous driving data. The data acquisition system consists of various sensors such as OBDII, lidar, ultrasonic sensors, IMU, and GPS. Irrelevant data were filtered, and experts helped identify safety criteria regarding multiple driving metrics such as maximum acceptable speed limits, safe accelerations, safe decelerations, acceptable distances to vehicles ahead, and safe steering behavior. These thresholds were used to investigate the influence of social and cultural factors on driving in Malaysia. The findings show statistically significant differences between drivers based on gender, age, and cultural background. There are also significant differences in the results for those who drove on weekends rather than weekdays. The study presents several recommendations to various public and governmental sectors to help prevent future accidents and improve traffic safety. MDPI 2021-11 Article PeerReviewed Al-Hussein, Ward Ahmed and Kiah, Miss Laiha Mat and Por, Lip Yee and Zaidan, Bilal Bahaa (2021) Investigating the effect of social and cultural factors on drivers in Malaysia: A naturalistic driving study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (22). ISSN 1660-4601, DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211740 <https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182211740>. 10.3390/ijerph182211740
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topic QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
spellingShingle QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Al-Hussein, Ward Ahmed
Kiah, Miss Laiha Mat
Por, Lip Yee
Zaidan, Bilal Bahaa
Investigating the effect of social and cultural factors on drivers in Malaysia: A naturalistic driving study
description Road accidents are increasing every year in Malaysia, and it is always challenging to collect reliable pre-crash data in the transportation community. Existing studies relied on simulators, police crash reports, questionnaires, and surveys to study Malaysia's drivers' behavior. Researchers previously criticized such methods for being biased and unreliable. To fill in the literature gap, this study presents the first naturalistic driving study in Malaysia. Thirty drivers were recruited to drive an instrumented vehicle for 750 km while collecting continuous driving data. The data acquisition system consists of various sensors such as OBDII, lidar, ultrasonic sensors, IMU, and GPS. Irrelevant data were filtered, and experts helped identify safety criteria regarding multiple driving metrics such as maximum acceptable speed limits, safe accelerations, safe decelerations, acceptable distances to vehicles ahead, and safe steering behavior. These thresholds were used to investigate the influence of social and cultural factors on driving in Malaysia. The findings show statistically significant differences between drivers based on gender, age, and cultural background. There are also significant differences in the results for those who drove on weekends rather than weekdays. The study presents several recommendations to various public and governmental sectors to help prevent future accidents and improve traffic safety.
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author Al-Hussein, Ward Ahmed
Kiah, Miss Laiha Mat
Por, Lip Yee
Zaidan, Bilal Bahaa
author_facet Al-Hussein, Ward Ahmed
Kiah, Miss Laiha Mat
Por, Lip Yee
Zaidan, Bilal Bahaa
author_sort Al-Hussein, Ward Ahmed
title Investigating the effect of social and cultural factors on drivers in Malaysia: A naturalistic driving study
title_short Investigating the effect of social and cultural factors on drivers in Malaysia: A naturalistic driving study
title_full Investigating the effect of social and cultural factors on drivers in Malaysia: A naturalistic driving study
title_fullStr Investigating the effect of social and cultural factors on drivers in Malaysia: A naturalistic driving study
title_full_unstemmed Investigating the effect of social and cultural factors on drivers in Malaysia: A naturalistic driving study
title_sort investigating the effect of social and cultural factors on drivers in malaysia: a naturalistic driving study
publisher MDPI
publishDate 2021
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/26511/
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