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Dissertation Chapters | Civil Engineering | Indonesia | Volume 5 Issue 2, February 2016
Drivers? Comprehension of the Traffic Signs
Sodikin [2] | Ahmad Munawar | Bagus H. Setiadji
Abstract: Effectiveness of a traffic sign is greatly influenced by design and non-design factors. The non-design factors are influenced, among other things, by drivers driving skills and comprehension of the meaning of such signs. Questionnaires distributed to a total of 202 respondents who have obtained drivers license and are domiciled in Soloraya region. These questionnaires examine these respondents comprehension of the existing 15 traffic signs. Based on the response provided by the respondents, it is revealed that 67 % of the respondents has the correct comprehension of the traffic signs meaning. The F-test indicates that the variables of age, sex, education, occupation, type of drivers license owned and the length of time drivers license simultaneously bring a significant effect on the obtained score for the respondents comprehension, but only the variable of the type of drivers license owned which partially has a significant effect on the respondents comprehension of the traffic signs.
Keywords: Driver, comprehension, types of drivers license owned
Edition: Volume 5 Issue 2, February 2016,
Pages: 534 - 538