This thesis was written as a contribution to increasing traffic safety on rural roads. These roads constitute the most dangerous road category when the number of fatal accidents is taken into account (Statistisches Bundesamt, 2009). Their dangerous nature can be attributed to their inherent properties in combination with the driving behaviour that occurs on them (OECD, 1999). Thus, increasing traffic safety on these roads requires not only taking into account the characteristics of the road and the situation but also their effect on human behaviour. The starting point of the work was the synopsis of existing research and the subsequent development of a psychological model for driving on rural roads. The validation of this model was conducted in three empirical steps based on hypotheses derived from the model. (Author/publisher)
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