Personality effect on driving behavior

Task type may have influence on driving behavior in disasters, while personality trait may have moderating effects on driving behavior in different task types, there are few studies focus on it. In this paper, the research method of laboratory experiment and questionnaires is used to investigate the impact of altruistic task and self-interest task on driving behavior. And the personality trait is taken as the moderating variable to research the moderating effect of personality trait on driving behavior in different task types. The results show that, (1) Compared with self-interest task, altruistic task has critically significant influence on average acceleration, which indicates driver will improve the driving performance in altruistic task. (2) Personality trait of emotional stability has a moderating effect in the influence mechanism of task type on driving behavior. The results of this paper may provide scientific support to traffic evacuation and emergency management in disasters.