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Bezug zum Autofahren

English translation: attitude towards driving

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German term or phrase:Bezug zum Autofahren
English translation:attitude towards driving
Entered by: philgoddard

15:55 Aug 3, 2009
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Psychology
German term or phrase: Bezug zum Autofahren
This is a standard term used in describing one of the dimensions of Bereitschaft zur Verkehrsanpassung that must be assessed for a verkehrspsycholgische Stellungnahme. E.g.

Folgende Dimensionen der Bereitschaft zur Verkehrsanpassung müssen erhoben werden.
 soziales Verantwortungsbewusstsein
 Selbstkontrolle,
 die psychische Stabilität
 Risikobereitschaft
 Tendenz zu aggressiver Interaktion im Straßenverkehr
 Bezug zum Autofahren (soll nicht kritisch von der Norm abweichen).

Or again:-

Für die Erfassung der Bereitschaft zur Verkehrsanpassung ist insbesondere das soziale Verantwortungsbewußtsein, die Selbstkontrolle, die psychische Stabilität und die Risikobereitschaft des zu Untersuchenden zu untersuchen sowie zu prüfen, ob eine Tendenz zu aggressiver Interaktion im Straßenverkehr besteht und ob sein Bezug zum Autofahren kritisch von der Norm abweicht.

Normally, of course, "Bezug zum Autofahren" would be something like "relevance to driving", but to list a person's "relevance to driving" as an attribute to be measured sounds like nonsense. So do they mean "attitude to driving"? (but if they do, why didn't they say "Einstellung zum Autofahren" in the first place).
Armorel Young
Local time: 23:59
attitude towards driving
Explanation:
I don't know why they didn't use Einstellung, but your suggestion is fine.
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philgoddard
United States
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Thanks. I ended up discussing this further with the client, who tells me that "abnormaler Bezug zum Autofahren" is a concept in Austrian traffic law, covering on the one hand an exaggerated love of cars (the "car fetishist") and on the other an excessive fear of them ("car phobia"). So it isn't quite an attitude - more like a personality trait, and therefore the term we are going to go with is "relationship to driving".
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attitude towards driving


Explanation:
I don't know why they didn't use Einstellung, but your suggestion is fine.

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 30
Grading comment
Thanks. I ended up discussing this further with the client, who tells me that "abnormaler Bezug zum Autofahren" is a concept in Austrian traffic law, covering on the one hand an exaggerated love of cars (the "car fetishist") and on the other an excessive fear of them ("car phobia"). So it isn't quite an attitude - more like a personality trait, and therefore the term we are going to go with is "relationship to driving".

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Amphyon: yes!
42 mins
agree  Bernd Runge: Bezug is used synonymous with Beziehung
47 mins
agree  Maureen Millington-Brodie: my first thought!
56 mins
agree  Lirka
1 hr
agree  Anne-Marie Grant (X): Thank you to Bernd - I was wondering about that.
1 hr
agree  Steffen Walter
2 hrs
agree  Ingrid Moore
3 hrs
agree  Textklick: First thought before opening
6 hrs
agree  Patricia Will: absolutely
14 hrs
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