SAFETY BEHAVIORS OF RAJABHAT RAJANAGARINDRA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN RIDING MOTORCYCLES
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The purposes of this research were to (1) examine the safety behaviors of students at Rajabhat Rajanagarindra University in riding motorcycles; and (2) compare knowledge factors concerning land traffic regulations and safety behaviors of the students in riding motorcycles. The samples consisted of 327 first-to-fourth year students in the bachelor’s degree in the Faculty of Education at Rajabhat Rajanagarindra University, in the first semester of the academic year 2016. The research instrument was a questionnaire constructed by the researcher. Using techniques of descriptive statistics, the researcher analyzed the data in terms of percentage, frequency, mean ( ), and standard deviation (S.D.). Moreover, the differences between two groups of variables were tested using the independent sample t-test. Furthermore, the differences among three groups of variables were tested by one-way analysis of variance [ANOVA]).
Findings revealed as follows:
- Significant differences of safety behaviors in riding motorcycles were found in different genders and years of study at the level of 0.05.
- No significant differences of safety behaviors in riding motorcycles were found in different motorcycle riding experience and number of accidants at the level of 0.05.
- Significant differences of safety behaviors in riding motorcycles were found in different knowledge about land traffic regulations at the level of 0.05.
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