by admin | Oct 13, 2025 | News
Tokko, T., Eensoo, D., Harro, J. Driving Anger Dimensions As Predictors of Dangerous Situations in Traffic. In: Handbook of Anger, Aggression, and Violence 2023, 1−21. Springer, Cham.
10.1007/978-3-030-98711-4_60-1.
Abstract
Occurrence of anger in vehicle drivers significantly reduces everyday traffic safety of all drivers, bikers, and pedestrians. Driving anger is related to anger as a trait, but is not prominently expressed in all subjects with high trait anger, and can occur in those who have lower trait anger scores, so it is somewhat specific to the traffic situation. Drivers with higher anger in traffic situation are more aggressive in their driving behavior, with increased risk for crash and injury for themselves and others. A variety of instruments, with somewhat different purposes, has been developed to measure and examine the emotional and behavioral profiles of angry drivers. Some intervention methods to reduce/prevent risk-taking behavior in traffic have aimed at anger-related constructs. This chapter gives an overview of the construct of driving anger, impulsivity, and resulting aggressiveness in traffic and elaborates on possible ways to change the anger experience and decrease the risk for crash and injury.
by admin | Feb 7, 2025 | News
ITMA board‘s electronic board meeting ended the 5:th of February 2025. It was formally decided that our next world congress will take place in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2026. Dr Masahito Hitosugi will be acting congress president of this our 27:th world congress.
Jihong Zhou from Chongqing, China is ITMA:s new president, Lars Englund from Falun, Sweden is new president elect .
ITMA thanks Jack Szymanski for his long and fruitful term as president and he is now formally ITMA:s Immediate Past President
by admin | Feb 3, 2025 | News
Why Clinicians Do Not Councel Patients for More Road Traffic Safety. Link to open-access version is <https://rdcu.be/d769K>
Clinicians rarely counsel patients about road traffic safety despite the substantial health risks and available methods for prevention. This article explains why. Specifically, the neglect may arise because road travel is not a conventional healthcare topic and safety counseling is an unfamiliar practice. Additional barriers include potential dissatisfaction from some patients and an absence of methods for monitoring adherence. Clinicians may be further hindered by inadequate motivation due to a lack of glamour or the risk of personal embarrassment. More obstacles arise from established agencies that already hold responsibilities and potential conflicts with larger cultural forces. These limitations suggest further progress might be modest and that alternative strategies may offer greater future promise for more traffic safety.
by admin | Jan 6, 2025 | News
ITMA board will have an extra electronic board meeting in January 2025 where we will discuss a proposal from Japan to hold our next congress there in 2026. More information will come!
by admin | Jan 6, 2025 | News
It is with profound grief that we announce the passing of Prof. Wang Zhengguo. He left us at 9:26 on January 5, 2025, in Shanghai, at the age of 90.
Prof. Wang was a pioneer, being one of the principal founders of research in traffic medicine in China. His life’s work paved the way for advancements that saved countless lives and enhanced medical knowledge.
He dedicated his career to the Army Medical University, PLA , training generations of medical professionals and spearheading critical research. His wisdom, passion, and commitment will be deeply missed, but his legacy will endure, inspiring future generations to strive for excellence in medicine.
As a long standing ITMA board member his efforts to organize ITMA world congresses in China was very successful and Professor Wang was a true friend of international contact and cooperation in the scientific field of Traffic Medicine.
by admin | Mar 12, 2024 | News
In celebration of his 85th Birthday, still with zero involvements in any traffic crash, ITMA President-Emeritus Leonard Evans has produced a YouTube available at https://youtu.be/cxJCswODOEI. In it Dr. Evans states “In 68 years of driving I have been involved in zero traffic crashes, and I’m going to tell you how you too can also have zero crashes. Of course, if you already have had one (or more) I’m too late. But I’ll tell you how to never have another”.
