{"id":79419,"date":"2025-11-14T19:56:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T19:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/a-driver-who-often-gets-into-traffic-accidents\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T19:56:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T19:56:43","slug":"a-driver-who-often-gets-into-traffic-accidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/a-driver-who-often-gets-into-traffic-accidents\/","title":{"rendered":"A driver who often gets into traffic accidents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A person who frequently gets involved in traffic accidents due to risky behavior, decreased attention and concentration, or making poor decisions in critical situations. This pattern of behavior reflects a combination of psychological, physiological and personal factors that increase the likelihood of repeated accidents compared to other drivers.<br \/>\nCharacteristics of a driver with a history of repeated road accidents:<br \/>\n1) Low attention and concentration \u2013 difficulty maintaining alertness and constant attention while driving, especially in difficult situations or on long, monotonous routes.<br \/>\n2) Propensity for risk and recklessness \u2013 making risky decisions such as speeding, illegal overtaking, or aggressive driving.<br \/>\n3) Poor emotional balance \u2013 an overreaction to stressful situations, which leads to travel rage, aggression or impulsive behavior.<br \/>\n4) Poor risk assessment \u2013 underestimating dangerous situations or overestimating one&#8217;s capabilities, which reduces the ability to adapt to changing road conditions.<br \/>\n5) Excessive self-confidence and disrespect for the law \u2013 excessive reliance on one&#8217;s own experience without taking into account traffic rules or warning signs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A person who frequently gets involved in traffic accidents due to risky behavior, decreased attention and concentration, or making poor decisions in critical situations. This pattern of behavior reflects a combination of psychological, physiological and personal factors that increase the likelihood of repeated accidents compared to other drivers. Characteristics of a driver with a history [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[129],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-key-psychological-concepts-in-traffic-psychology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79419\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychologydictionary.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}