Background: High risk driving behaviours, such as stunt driving and street racing, of car and
\nracing enthusiasts have recently been investigated. Though most enthusiasts reported not
\nengaging in high risk driving, it was shown that positive attitudes towards street racing,
\npersonality variables such as driver thrill seeking, and other self-reported risky driving
\nbehaviours were associated with high risk driving. However, how these risk-related correlates
\nare associated with everyday driving violations (i.e., ordinary and aggressive violations), and in
\nturn, with negative outcomes (i.e., collisions and driving offence citations) have remained mainly
\nunexamined. This study aimed to investigate the relationships among car and racing
\nenthusiasts` risky driving attitudes, everyday driving violations, collisions and offence citations.
\nMethod: A web-based survey was conducted among members and visitors of car club and
\nracing websites in Ontario, Canada. Data were obtained from 503 participants. The
\nquestionnaire included: (i) attitudes towards Ontario\u2019s new legislation about street racing\/stunt
\ndriving; general attitudes towards street racing\/stunt driving; and comparison of street racing
\nwith other risky driving behaviours; (ii) self-reported driving violations (i.e., ordinary violations
\nand aggressive violations); (iii) self-reported collisions in last five years and offence citations in
\npast year; (iv) background questions. The relationships among the concerned variables were
\ntested via structural equation modeling.
\nResults: Findings indicated that attitudes towards street racing\/stunt driving predicted driving
\nviolations, which in turn, predicted negative outcomes. Detailed analysis showed that attitudes
\ntowards legislation about street racing\/stunt driving negatively and general attitudes towards
\nstreet racing\/stunt driving positively predicted ordinary violations, which in turn, predicted
\noffence citations. Moreover, general attitudes towards street racing\/stunt driving positively
\npredicted aggressive violations, which in turn, predicted offence citations.
\nDiscussion: The findings indicate that positive attitudes toward street racing\/stunt driving may
\nbe transferring to general driving behaviours as measured by self-reported ordinary and
\naggressive driving violations which mediate offence citations.<\/p>\n
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