Effect of Sensation Seeking and Hazard Types on Hazard Perception of Young Cyclists

The present study investigates the effect of sensation seeking and hazard types on hazard perception of young cyclists. A mixed design of 2 (sensation-seeking: high sensation seeking group, low sensation seeking group) × 2 (hazard type: overt hazard, covert hazard) was adopted. Twelve video clips were presented to 61 children aged 13 to 16 years and 185 adults aged 18 to 30 years. Cyclists were asked to answer three questions after each video clips turned into black screen. The results showed that the hazard perception ability of cyclists with different sensation seeking was affected by the hazard type Compared with covert hazard, the ability of the high sensation seeker to identify the location and predict the overt hazard was lower than that of the low sensation seeker. The findings has some practical value in developing interventions targeted at young cyclists’ hazard perception ability.