Table 3 Responses to all “Attitude” based questions (n = 82). The final two questions were only for respondents who indicated they had a rescue or window-breaking tool in their vehicle (n = 13)
From: Public knowledge, attitudes and practices of vehicle submersion incidents: a pilot study
| Questionnaire Item |
Sample n (%) |
Aware Group n (%) |
Aware vs. Unaware p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perceived risk of being involved (self) in a vehicle submersion | 0.38 | ||
| None | 26 (32) | 11 (31) | |
| Slight | 45 (55) | 19 (54) | |
| Moderate | 8 (10) | 5 (14) | |
| High | 3 (4) | 0 (0) | |
| Very high | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Perceived risk of others being involved in a vehicle submersion | 0.24 | ||
| None | 16 (20) | 8 (23) | |
| Slight | 41 (50) | 16 (46) | |
| Moderate | 21 (26) | 11 (31) | |
| High | 4 (5) | 0 (0) | |
| Very high | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Perceived chance of surviving a vehicle submersion | 0.37 | ||
| Slight | 15 (18) | 6 (17) | |
| Moderate | 54 (66) | 21 (60) | |
| High | 13 (16) | 8 (23) | |
| Perceived importance for “visible & reachable” rescue tool | 0.82 | ||
| Not important | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Slightly important | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Moderate importance | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| High importance | 5 (6) | 2 (6) | |
| Very high importance | 77 (94) | 33 (94) | |
| Preferred colour of rescue tool | 0.15 | ||
| Black | 10 (12) | 5 (14) | |
| Green | 10 (12) | 6 (17) | |
| Orange | 23 (28) | 12 (34) | |
| Pink | 13 (16) | 2 (6) | |
| Red | 14 (17) | 7 (20) | |
| Yellow | 12 (15) | 3 (9) | |
| Rescue tool color to be most visible in the case of an emergency | 0.65 | ||
| Black | 0 (0) | 0 | |
| Green | 0 (0) | 0 | |
| Orange | 67 (82) | 28 (80) | |
| Pink | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | |
| Red | 1 (1) | 1 (3) | |
| Yellow | 13 (16) | 6 (17) | |
| Perceived confidence in finding rescue tool in an emergency | 0.80 | ||
| Not confident | 0 (0) | 0 | |
| Reasonably confident | 8 (62) | 4 (57) | |
| Very confident | 5 (38) | 3 (43) | |
| Perceived confidence in using rescue tool in an emergency | 0.80 |