Cited by 1,969Traffic and Road SafetyDecision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsRisk Perception and Management

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

Svenson, Ola·1981·Acta Psychologica

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  • People tend to rate themselves above average on a variety of desirable skills and traits.

    “well over half of survey respondents typically rate themselves in the top 50 percent of drivers (Svenson, 1981), ethics (Baumhart, 1968), managerial prowess (Larwood and Whittaker, 1977), productivity (Cross, 1977), health (Weinstein, 1980) and a variety of desirable skills.”

    From Explaining Bargaining Impasse: The Role of Self-Serving Biases (1997) · cites this paper as Svenson, 1981

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Authors
Svenson, O.
Affiliations
Stockholm University (SE)
Corresponding author
Svenson, Ola
Venue
Acta Psychologica
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1981-02
Volume
47
Issue
2
Pages
143-148
ISSN
0001-6918 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1982314020
Cited by
1,969
References
2
Citations by year
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FWCI
39.44
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Acta Psychologica (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality › Traffic and Road Safety
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Risk Perception and Management
Keywords
perceived competence, driving skills, driving risk, self-assessment, overconfidence, risk-taking, group comparison, driver behavior

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