Comparison of personality traits and driving behavior amongsafe and high risk drivers

Personality is a fixed and definite behavioral pattern that determine how werespond to events.. Behavior is generally influenced by personality and driver'sbehavior is not an exception.This study was conducted to compare thepersonality traits and driving behavior of high risk and safe drivers in Marivancity. The research method is causal-comparative method. The statisticalpopulation consisted of all certified drivers in 2015 that referring to insurancecenters and based on available sampling, 225 drivers were selected and dividedinto two groups of safe drivers (non-accident and use of car insurancecoupons) and drivers. High-risk (accident history and use of insurancecoupons). Neo personality Big Five-Factor Questionnaire and ManchesterDriving Behavior Questionnaire were used to measure researchvariables.results of the comparative analysis indicated that there is a significantdifferent in the factors of extraversion, flexibility, adaptability andaccountability between high risk drivers and safe drivers. Also, the amount ofmistakes, errors, intentional and unintentional offenses was higher in high riskdrivers was more than it's amount among safe drivers and this difference wasstatistically significant.