Model for assessing fuel saving of automobile drivers in Nonthaburi province

Abstract

The research was aimed at studying 1) fuel energy saving of automobile drivers in Nonthaburi province 2) a correlation between cause and effect on fuel energy saving of automobile drivers in Nonthaburi province and 3) a model made for assessing fuel energy saving of automobile drivers in Nonthaburi province. The questionnaires were constructed as a tool for collecting data from 2,389 automobile drivers who had been getting their car filled in gas station in Nonthaburi province. The statistics used for analysis were SPSS version 17.0 with frequency distribution, percentage, arithmetic mean, K related samples and path analysis. The research finding indicated that the 98.06 percents of automobile drivers in Nonthaburi province had knowledge about fuel energy saving, the 87.99 percents had agreeable attitude towards fuel energy saving and the 80.59 percents had operated fuel energy saving. They all had different levels of knowledge, attitude and operation. It showed that "the automobile drivers with knowledge and agreeable attitude didn't sometimes put it into operation and they sometimes had disagreeable attitude in spite of having knowledge." The result of hypotheses tests at the statistical significance of 0.05 showed that the types of fuel energy used in the car, a change of types of fuel energy used in the car, knowledge provided about fuel energy saving in the car , knowledge and attitude towards fuel energy saving in the car correlated with fuel energy saving of automobile drivers in Nonthaburi province. Moreover, a model made for assessing fuel energy saving of automobile drivers in Nonthaburi province was