Psycho-Active Substances Use as a Predictor of Reckless Driving Among Keke Riders in Ebonyi State, South Eastern, Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined psycho-active substances use as determinants of reckless driving among keke riders in Ebonyi State, South Eastern Nigeria. The participants were 211 males selected through purposive sampling technique, whose ages ranged from 18-50 years, with a mean age of 34.20years. Psycho-active substance abuse questionnaire developed by Eze (2006) was used to measure participants psycho-active substance use and reckless driving scale (RSS) developed by the researcher was used to measure reckless driving of participants. The stated hypotheses were tested using multiple regression analysis. The results revealed that there was relationship between psychoactive substance use and reckless driving among Keke riders (F (1, 204) = 13.626 #p < 0.001, R2 = .319, R2 adjusted = .295). It was concluded that psychoactive substance might be involved in some of the reckless driving habit or behaviour linked to keke riders.