Le scooter pour les jeunes adolescents : entre représentations sociales et pratiques risquées

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Exploratory approach to teenage moped and light motorcycle driving : between risk-taking and safety.

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The social representation of the moped among teenage boys: between transgressive behavior and social integration

A moped user’s risk of being killed on the road is much higher than that of a motorist. If numerous studies have been performed for bikers, much rarer are works dealing with moped users, who however represent a population of vulnerable users. Compared with bikers and other types of road users, this population of low cylinder users has the particularity of being made up of a majority of teenagers, that is, riders with little experience, little training and the particular problems linked with this age group. This qualitative study proposes to investigate the social representation of the moped among French teenage boys with the method of little stories. It deals with group influence on driving and taking risks

La influencia de modelos normativos en la muestra social del ciclomotor entre los jóvenes adolescentes: un estudio piloto/The influence of normative models in the social representation of the moped among young teenage boys: A pilot study

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Représentations et modèles de référence des adolescents scootéristes

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Topographic fibers: a platform for fundamental physical phenomena

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Driving and use of the mobile phone: a study among 18 to 24-year-old

While we know that using the telephone when driving increases the risk of accidents and that 18 to 24 year-olds are a fringe of the population that is particularly affected by fatal accidents on the road, we lack information concerning the use of the mobile phone in this age group. This study carried out with 208 young drivers aims to gather data, analyses their behavior at the wheel with the mobile plus their beliefs and awareness of risk. Three contexts are focused on: stopping at the red light, driving during the rush hour and highways. The findings highlight the importance of messaging and the influence of the context on the use of the mobile. We observe an inverse effect between the speed and messaging. While young people declare they are aware of certain risks, it concerns more the risks penalties and accordingly they appear to be impervious to road safety campaigns concerning the mobile phone behind the wheel. On this subject few major differences are to be found between male and female drivers and between very young and young drivers. The use of the mobile while driving among 18 to 24-year-olds therefore presents universal characteristics of use from moment or the driver (male or female) is a little more experimented