Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the attribution and psychological characteristics of Korean drivers' who have violated in parking situation. A total of 123 adult drivers from Seoul and Kyonggi province participated in this study. The present authors developed an open-ended and structured questionnaire in order to investigate the causal factors, the behavioral and cognitive attitudes toward parking violations. The results reveal the following rationale for incurring parking violations. First, the problem of parking structure is found to be the basic assumption for incurring parking violations. For example, the limited parking space allows the drivers to violate in parking situations. Second, the violators' psychological characteristics are described in terms of self-centered and self-justification. More specifically, self-centered is described as those drivers' who have the tendency to act and behave in favor of themselves. In addition, the respondents have justified their violated behaviors since the outcome is disadvantageous for the drivers. Furthermore, the violators' are found to possess a permissive attitude toward parking violators'.