UNDERSTANDING THE BEHAVIORS OF YOUNG MOTORCYCLE RIDERS IN INDONESIA
FITRIA NUR RIFA, Prof. Ir. Siti Malkhamah, M.Sc., Ph.D.
2012 | Tesis | S2 Mag. S. & T.Transportasi-
A study about motorcycle crashes in Yogyakarta, Indonesia by Conrad et al. (1996) revealed that motorcycle accident victims tend to be youngsters aged 16-30 years old. In the first half of 2010, The Police Department Region of DKI Jakarta recorded more than 67% of accidents that happened in Jakarta involved victims from age 16 to 35. The tendency of excess representation of young age involved in traffic crashes was also found in most developing countries studied by Odero, Gamer, and Zwi (1997). This is a very concerning condition, because accidents happening in the early age could cause many problems such as a decrease in productivity at school and the workplace (Aygencel et al., 2008), causing trauma, injuries, and permanent disabilities due to more severe injuries (Mayou, Tyndel, and Bryant, 1997), and also death. Base on those reasons, this study primarily focused to capture the actual behavior of young motorcycle riders in Indonesia and evaluate their needs of support in safety riding. An adapted driving behavior questionnaire, consisting of 101 items, was developed and distributed via internet for 14 weeks using a randomize sampling. The data collection by internet succeeded in gathering 200 motorcycle riders aged 17-28 years old from throughout Indonesia. Descriptive statistics was used to understand the driving habit and behavior of these young motorcycle riders. Moreover, Factorial Analysis procedure was used to test the adequacy of the methodology used in developing the Indonesian Motorcycle Rider Questionnaire and also to gain a more thorough understanding about the behaviors of these young motorcycle riders. The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure of sampling adequacy showed the value of 0.766 and the Barlett’s Test of Sphericity showed the value of 0.000 which confirmed that factor analysis is a suitable method used for this study. Rotated factor analysis limited the number of items that considered having good loadings (>0.5) to be only 62 items from the previous 101. A Scree Test yielded five factor solutions to describe the behaviors displayed by Indonesian young riders: Errors, Violations, Self- Insights, Positive Behaviors, and Safety Equipments. Answers to key questions raised in the beginning of the questionnaire revealed five riding conditions that riders perceived as most risky: riding under the influence of alcohol, careless riding, riding with high-speed, riding on slippery roads, and riding together with other road users that performed speeding and overtaking. Based on the result of this study, there is urgency for authority to help creating a good ‘driving culture’.
Kata Kunci : Motorcycle; Safety Riding Behaviors; Young Riders; and ‘Driving Culture’.
