Public health crisis and risky road behaviors

This study investigates how exposure to riskier environments influences risky road behaviors, using the COVID‐19 pandemic as a natural experiment. Utilizing administrative individual traffic violation records from Taipei, where neither mandatory lockdown nor mobility restrictions were imposed, we fi...

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Published in:Health economics 2023-06, Vol.32 (6), p.1205-1219
Main Authors: Shr, Yau‐Huo (Jimmy), Yang, Feng‐An
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidents, Traffic
Automobile Driving
Behavior
Communicable Disease Control
COVID-19
Health economics
Humans
Mobility
Pandemics
Parking
Public Health
Risk assessment
Risk taking
risk‐taking behaviors
Road rage
road safety
time‐varying risk aversion
Traffic violations
Violations
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Summary:This study investigates how exposure to riskier environments influences risky road behaviors, using the COVID‐19 pandemic as a natural experiment. Utilizing administrative individual traffic violation records from Taipei, where neither mandatory lockdown nor mobility restrictions were imposed, we find that pandemic‐induced risk decreased speeding violations and that the effect was transitory. However, no significant changes were observed concerning violations with a minimal risk of casualties, such as illegal parking. These findings suggest that experiencing a higher level of life‐threatening risk discourages risky behaviors concerning human life but has little spillover effect on those concerning only financial costs.
ISSN:1057-9230
1099-1050
DOI:10.1002/hec.4667