Factors involved with the cooperation of traffic police in accordance with law enforcement on road safety policy implementation : a case of non-helmet use among motorcyclists

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the causal relationship among three factors, viz. individual traffic police officers, police stations, and communities, and the impact of cooperation on road safety policy implementation on law enforcement as it relates to motorcyclists in Bangkok with no helmets. The population sample is composed of 342 traffic police officers in Bangkok’s Metropolitan Police Bureau generated from a multiple sampling technique. The study uses the methodology of a rating scale questionnaire (1-10) for SPSS correlation analysis and HLM for multilevel analysis.

Findings show that three factors-individual traffic police officers, including both length of service and policy perception and understanding; police stations, including democratic leadership style; and communities, including the homicide ratehave a positive influence on the cooperation of traffic police in according with law enforcement on road safety policy implementation. On the other hand, the role conflict factor has a negative influence on this issue.