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

Author: Ola Svenson

Published in: Acta Psychologica, Vol. 47, No. 2, pp. 143-148, 1981

DOI: 10.1016/0001-6918(81)90005-6

URL: /bibliography/are-we-all-less-risky-and-skillful-than-our-fellow-drivers/

Abstract

In this study subjects were asked about their competence as drivers in relation to a group of drivers. The results showed that a majority of subjects regarded themselves as more skillful and less risky than the average driver in each group respectively. This result was compared with similar recent findings in other fields. Finally, the consequences for planning and risk taking of seeing oneself as more competent than others were discussed briefly.