Formación relacionada a la percepción del riesgo para conductores experimentados en carreteras de dos carriles

Abstract

Abstract: Deaths from traffic accidents represent one of the main causes of mortality worldwide and Ecuador is no exception. An important factor for this increase is the lack of road safety training focused on risk characteristics, making it difficult for drivers to have a good perception of risk on the road. Therefore, this research aimed to improve the perception of risk through training related to the identification of existing risk characteristics on two-lane roads. 61 drivers with experience of more than two years were surveyed, an initial evaluation was carriedout through photographs, then a training with elements of risk existing on roads and finally an evaluation through 12 short videos, with routes of real and virtual road sections. The evaluations and training were carried out virtually. The main results obtained show that the drivers were not adequately coupled to the information provided on the characteristics and levels of risk that should be considered while driving on mountain roads, underestimating the existing risk.