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Table 1 DBQ questionnaire

From: The effect of road safety education on the relationship between Driver’s errors, violations and accidents: Slovenian case study

1. Hit something when reversing that you had not previously seen

2. Intending to drive to destination A, you “wake up” to find yourself on the road to destination B

4. Get into the wrong lane approaching a roundabout or a junction

5. Queuing to turn left onto a main road, you pay such close attention to the main stream of traffic that you nearly hit the car in front

6. Fail to notice that pedestrians are crossing when turning into a side street from a main road

7. Sound your horn to indicate your annoyance to another road user

8. Fail to check your rear-view mirror before pulling out, changing lanes, etc.

9. Brake too quickly on a slippery road or steer the wrong way in a skid

10. Pull out of a junction so far that the driver with right of way has to stop and let you out

11. Disregard the speed limit on a residential road

12. Switch on one thing, such as the headlights, when you meant to switch to something else, such as the wipers

13. On turning left nearly hit a cyclist who has come up on your inside

14. Miss “Give Way” signs and narrowly avoid colliding with the traffic having the right of way

15. Attempt to drive away from the traffic lights in third gear

16. Attempt to overtake someone that you had not noticed to be signalling a right turn

17. Become angered by another driver and give chase with the intention of giving him/her a piece of your mind

18. Stay in a motorway lane that you know will be closed ahead until the last minute before forcing your way into the other lane

19. Forget where you left your car in a car park

20. Overtake a slow driver on the inside

21. Race away from traffic lights with the intention of beating the driver next to you

22. Misread the signs and exit from a roundabout on the wrong road

23. Drive so close to the car in front that it would be difficult to stop in an emergency

24. Cross a junction, knowing that the traffic lights have already turned against you

25. Become angered by a certain type of a driver and indicate your hostility by whatever means you can

26. Realize that you have no clear recollection of the road along which you have just been travelling

27. Underestimate the speed of an oncoming vehicle when overtaking