The Development of a Survey Research Proposal 2022

The development of a survey that is used for assessing the driving safety of Queensland
drivers
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Title of research proposal: The development of a survey that is used for assessing the driving
safety of Queensland drivers
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Total word count (excluding in-text references, the reference list, and this title page): 2128
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Executive Summary
The main topic of the study is whether older drivers are safe to continue driving. The paper
narrows down the scope of the topic of being a safe driver. Older persons have several
issues that disqualify them from being safe drivers. Since, as an individual year's increases,
the person’s joints and muscles become stiff. The muscles may also weaken, conditions
like arthritis is also common among older persons who might affect muscle coordination
and the ability to drive. Such conditions make it difficult for an individual to turn their
head looking back, safe breaking, and quick steering. Being a safe driver will reduce the
risk associated with an accident or car crash which can endanger the life of the driver
among others. The components of being a safe driver are: You; the driver must be alert
and stay engaged, as the driver, you can only control yourself. Being engaged and alert
requires the driver to consider components like Cognition. Cognizant; the driver must
mentally stay engaged factors like talking on the phone, reading maps and texting or eating
should be stopped since such activities might make driver’s mind to shift from the main
activity which is driving. Visual: the driver must see the road, road traffic conditions as
well as pedestrian. Manual; it requires that both of driver’s hand be on the steering wheel if
the driver takes his or her hands off the steering wheel might affect their ability for
controlling the vehicles. Such as radio adjustments, texting, eating makeup application and
shaving. Audial: that is the ability to hear sounds as well as the emergency vehicles
sounds. Listening to music on headphones is illegal since it reduces the driver’s audio. The
other component is vehicle: the driver should ensure that vehicle is in good condition for
safe driving.
The psychometric property for the 68 Safe Driving Behaviour Measure items, by the use of
70 older drivers, 70 caregivers as well as two evaluators from two locations.

Through the use of Rasch exploration, we are examining the uni-dimensionality as well as
the confined dependency: like evaluation scale, item and individual-level psychometrics,
the older driver’s hierarchy, evaluators who completed the Safe Driving Behaviour
Measure as well as the caregivers. From the evidence, there is a suggestion that safe
driving behavior measure (SDBM) is one-dimensional, while the pair of items are showing
local dependency. From the three groups of rating, the data is showing that a good person
≥3.4 while item is ≥3.6 good person and the separation makes up ≥.93while the reliability
of item is ≥.92. Cronbach α was ≥.96, while there were some misfitting of items. Some
items didn’t follow the order of according to hypothesis.