Knowledge on traffic signs and attitude on risky driving
behaviors
Among the 10 traffic signs, five of them were answered
correctly by the majority of the respondents i.e. ‘fourway
intersection is ahead’ correctly answered by 347
(99%), ‘pedestrian is crossing’ and ‘no entry’ by 349
(99.7%) each, ‘maximum speed is 35 kms per hour’ by
307(87.7%) and ‘stop and give way’ answered correctly
by 346(98.9%) respondents. About half 177(50.6%) only
knew the sign ‘no overtaking for automobile correctly’
(Table 2). The overall knowledge score on the traffic
signs indicated that 189 (54%), 61 (17.4%) and 100
(28.6%) of the respondents were high, moderate and less
knowledgeable respectively. The finding has indicated
that out of the 350 respondents 157 (44.9%), 12 (3.4%)
and 181 (51.7%) had supportive/positive, neutral and
unsupportive/negative attitude towards the risk driving
behaviors respectively.
Risky driving behaviors
From the total respondents, 148 (42.3%) of them were
using mobile phone while driving vehicle The reasons
given for why they used mobile phone were because of
it was important for their business 43 (12.3%), it was
difficult for them to ignore when calls came from