A descriptive study on safety perception among ride-hailing car passengers in Malaysia

Recently, major ride-hailing car (RHC)-related safety issues have become more prevalent in Malaysia. Due to distracted driving, speeding, irregular working schedules and exposure to a various of unsafe road environment circumstances, road traffic accidents are extremely likely to happen to RHC drive...

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Main Authors: Shazwan Daud, Mohd, Osman, Syuhaily, Hashim, Ahmad Hariza, Abd Rahim, Husniyah
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Published: Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2023
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/106432/
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author Shazwan Daud, Mohd
Osman, Syuhaily
Hashim, Ahmad Hariza
Abd Rahim, Husniyah
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Hashim, Ahmad Hariza
Abd Rahim, Husniyah
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description Recently, major ride-hailing car (RHC)-related safety issues have become more prevalent in Malaysia. Due to distracted driving, speeding, irregular working schedules and exposure to a various of unsafe road environment circumstances, road traffic accidents are extremely likely to happen to RHC drivers. Consequently, the aim of this study is to examine road safety perception among RHC passengers in Malaysia. There are six section in the questionnaire comprising respondents background, travel behaviour and pattern, safety perception, driving behaviour factors, vehicle safety factors and road environment factors. A convenient sampling was used and the sample comprised of 350 random RHC passengers. Descriptive statistical analysis revealed that a disagreement and neutral level of respondents for the questions asked especially for driving behaviour factors and vehicle safety factors. Nevertheless, the responses were generally around neutral and high agreement for the road environment factors. Based on the results, the findings of the study were also discussed.
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spelling upm-1064322024-09-26T07:17:05Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/106432/ A descriptive study on safety perception among ride-hailing car passengers in Malaysia Shazwan Daud, Mohd Osman, Syuhaily Hashim, Ahmad Hariza Abd Rahim, Husniyah Recently, major ride-hailing car (RHC)-related safety issues have become more prevalent in Malaysia. Due to distracted driving, speeding, irregular working schedules and exposure to a various of unsafe road environment circumstances, road traffic accidents are extremely likely to happen to RHC drivers. Consequently, the aim of this study is to examine road safety perception among RHC passengers in Malaysia. There are six section in the questionnaire comprising respondents background, travel behaviour and pattern, safety perception, driving behaviour factors, vehicle safety factors and road environment factors. A convenient sampling was used and the sample comprised of 350 random RHC passengers. Descriptive statistical analysis revealed that a disagreement and neutral level of respondents for the questions asked especially for driving behaviour factors and vehicle safety factors. Nevertheless, the responses were generally around neutral and high agreement for the road environment factors. Based on the results, the findings of the study were also discussed. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2023-10-14 Article PeerReviewed Shazwan Daud, Mohd and Osman, Syuhaily and Hashim, Ahmad Hariza and Abd Rahim, Husniyah (2023) A descriptive study on safety perception among ride-hailing car passengers in Malaysia. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 13 (10). pp. 869-878. ISSN 2222-6990 https://hrmars.com/index.php/IJARBSS/article/view/18916/A-Descriptive-Study-on-Safety-Perception-among-Ride-Hailing-Car-Passengers-in-Malaysia 10.6007/ijarbss/v13-i10/18916
spellingShingle Shazwan Daud, Mohd
Osman, Syuhaily
Hashim, Ahmad Hariza
Abd Rahim, Husniyah
A descriptive study on safety perception among ride-hailing car passengers in Malaysia
title A descriptive study on safety perception among ride-hailing car passengers in Malaysia
title_full A descriptive study on safety perception among ride-hailing car passengers in Malaysia
title_fullStr A descriptive study on safety perception among ride-hailing car passengers in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed A descriptive study on safety perception among ride-hailing car passengers in Malaysia
title_short A descriptive study on safety perception among ride-hailing car passengers in Malaysia
title_sort descriptive study on safety perception among ride-hailing car passengers in malaysia
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