ABSTRACT
The importance of assessing what drivers actually do in specific situations for developing driver improvement programmes has been indicated (Wilson, 1983; Wilson, 1991; Robertson, 1993; and Wilson and Godin, 1993). McArdle and Wilson (1992), in particular, reviewed some of the relevant literature and then studied pedestrian/vehicle incidents at zebra and corner crossing locations in London, England. They found in 112 out of 551 observed pedestrian groups there was infringement of the pedestrian rights; furthermore, there were only 12 instances of courteous behavior observed. The question immediately arose as to what might be the comparable situation in a Canadian locale. The present study, consequently, was designed to assess incidents at three pedestrian crossing locations in Sudbury, Canada in order to develop material useful for driver improvement
interventions and in order to provide some measure of comparison with the above mentioned British data.
