Exploring the impact of time pressure on motorized two-wheeler riders’ over-speeding behavior

Abstract

ABSTRACT Despite being inexpensive and the most accessible travel mode, motorized two-wheelers (MTW) are more prone to crashes than other travel modes. Over-speeding is one of the principal causes of such MTW-related crashes. Past studies are nonexistent in exploring the impact of time pressure and psychological constructs on MTW riders’ over-speeding behavior. Therefore, this paper captures the impact of the time pressure situations and identifies psychological segments (based on travel time-related anxiety) on the over-speeding behavior among MTW riders. A two-step modeling approach, including latent class analysis and multinomial logit model (MNL), was utilized for a stated preference survey of 513 Indian MTW riders. The latent class analysis identified three different psychological segments, i.e. minimally anxious, moderately anxious, and highly anxious. Results showed that over-speeding behavior is more likely to increase with travel time-related anxiety levels and hurriedness. The findings are expected to offer potential policy implications for mitigating speeding-related violations.