Development of distraction risk index (DRI) among the intrastate bus drivers in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

Driver distraction has been found as one of the main causes of accident all around the world. Driver distraction represents a significant problem to personal driving as well as the public transportation sector. However, the sources of distraction especially in the context of public transport have yet to be widely explored. Thus, the objectives of this research are to identify the sources and investigate the categories of distraction among the intrastate bus drivers. Subsequently, Distraction Risk Index (DRI) would be developed to obtain the risk level of the sources of distraction among the intrastate bus drivers. This study had conducted focus group interview among 16 participants which included eight participants from expert management and eight participants from expeti practitioner. In addition, this study has conducted survey method as well and the questionnaires were distributed to 215 respondents which are intrastate bus drivers from a prominent intrastate bus services company in Kuala Lumpur. From this research, it was found that there are 26 sources of distraction which had been discovered from the focus group interview. These sources of distraction are then used in the survey method. From the survey method, there are 6 categories of distraction being found and the most dominant categories are human factor which have 14.06 percentage of variance. Human factor consists of three sources of distraction which are driver's health, comfortability of the driver's seat and condition of the bus. Distraction Risk Index (DRI) had been developed and it was found that there are four sources of distraction that were classified as very high risk. These include the condition of the bus, traffic congestion, driver's welfare and driver's health. The result from this research could be used as a platform for future improvement on intrastate bus services company. In addition, it could provide assistance to future researchers to design and provide solution to overcome sources of distraction.

Name dc:type.qualificationname

mphil

Level dc:type.qualificationlevel

masters

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia

Year dc:date.issued

2018

Author dc:creator

• Mohd Yunos, Muhammad Nur Annuar

• T Technology (General)

Language dc:language

en