Are we all less risky and more skillful than our fellow drivers?

doi:10.1016/0001-6918(81)90005-6

Acta Psychologica

Volume 47, Issue 2, February 1981, Pages 143-148

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Abstract

In this study subjects were asked about their competence as drivers in relation to a group of drivers. The results showed that a majority of subjects regarded themselves as more skillful and less risky than the average driver in each group respectively. This result was compared with similar recent findings in other fields. Finally, the consequences for planning and risk taking of seeing oneself as more competent than others were discussed briefly.

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^☆: This study was sponsored by the Swedish Council for Social Science Research. I want to thank the people at Decision Research, a branch of Perceptronics, in Eugene, Oregon, Kit Sjöberg and Berndt Brehmer for support and discussions about the paper.

^∗: Author's address: Dept. of Psychology, University of Stockholm, Box 6706, S-11385 Stockholm, Sweden.

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Are we all less risky and more skillful than our fellow drivers?☆

Abstract

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