ABSTRACT
The aim of the present study is to compare road safety behaviours among Greek and Norwegian HGV drivers, and to discuss these results in light of national road safety culture and other explanatory variables (e.g. age, sector, pay). We have conducted surveys among HGV drivers in Norway (N = 108) and Greece (N = 100). Results indicate that Greek HGV drivers report of more aggressive violations in traffic. National transport safety culture is measured as a “violations/aggression factor”, where national culture is specified as descriptive norms, i.e. what respondents think that other road users in their countries do. This is the strongest contributor to aggressive violations in the analyses. Drivers’ experience of customer pressure is also associated with drivers’ aggressive violations. Finally, results indicate that a good safety culture is important for traffic safety, as it may reduce the impact of negative aspects of national culture and customer pressure.
