Factors affecting safety motorcycle driving behaviors of vocational certificate students

Abstract

       The objectives of this research: 1) to study the factors related to the safety motorcycle driving behaviors of vocational certificate students and 2) to study the factors that affect the safety motorcycle driving behaviors of vocational certificate students. The sample group is students currently studying at the vocational certificate level in institutions under office of the Vocational Education Commission for the academic year 2023 - 2024 and used motorcycles as a means of transportation, totalling 400 people. Obtained through a multi-stage sampling method. The research instruments used are a questionnaire and a test of correct knowledge and understanding about motorcycle driving, which the reliability of the instrument being .856 and .818, respectively. The statistics used analyze the data include frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and multiple regression analysis with the Enter Regression.
       The research results according to objective 1 found that the factors related to safe motorcycle driving behaviors among vocational certificate students include: 1) personal factors, which are gender, age, financial status, experience in motorcycle driving, accurate knowledge and understanding of motorcycle driving, and attitudes supporting safety motorcycle driving behavior, and the factors influenced by the surrounding environment, including media influence, influence from peers, school regulations, and family status. The data analysis revealed that the sample group comprised nearly equal proportions of males and females, with males at 49.75% and females at 47.50%, overall, the knowledge and understanding of proper motorcycle driving (= 13.75, S.D. = 1.253), and there were attitudes supporting safety motorcycle driving behaviours in terms of wearing helmets, the average was at the highest level (= 4.52, S.D. = .742) influence media regarding the belief that it could provide knowledge, understanding, and skills related to motorcycle riding had an average at the highest level (=4.23, S.D.=.837). School regulations regarding self-compliance with the rules, as it is something that should be done, have an average at a high level (= 4.15, S.D. = .978). The overall level of safety motorcycle driving behaviour the sample is high (= 3.92, S.D. = .936). Considering each item, it was found that all items demonstrated high levels of safety motorcycle driving behaviour. According to objective 2, the factors affecting safety motorcycle driving behaviour included three factors which are media influence factor (p-value = .000), school regulations factor (p-value = .010), and family status factor (p-values = .029). These factors cloud jointly predict the safety motorcycle driving behaviour of the sample 30 - 70% (R Square = .307)