Daftar Isi:
  • Car driver and motorcycle rider behaviour might be affected by external disturbances. These include the behaviour of other driver/ rider, the behaviour of pedestrian, the road condition, the existence of outdoor advertisement, people activities on road and surroundings, building lighting, etc. There were 100 respondents interviewed consist of university students, lecturers and employees. Both males and females were covered and both car drivers and motorcycle riders were covered. The questionnaire consists of social status (gender, age, marital status, residential status, health), economic status (monthly expenditure, education back ground, employment status), vehicle data (engine size and production year), driving/ riding skill (driving/ riding experience, driving/ riding license possession), driving/ riding habit (helmet/ safety belt use, equipment check), travel characteristics (daily driving/ riding distance/ time, daily departure and arrival time), risky beharioiur (exposure to traffic violation/ accident, etc), and 9 other questions regarding external disturbances. Covariance based SEM (Structural Equation Modeling) will be used to analyzed the effect of repondents socio- economic characteristics, driving/ riding skill/habit/risky behaviour, vehicle/ travel characteristics to their attitude towards external disturbance. A free Partial Least Square (PLS) software available on web called Smart-PLS was used.