A Study on Eco – Driving Behaviour of Passenger Car Users in Chennai

Auto industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. India is producing one out of every ten automobiles made in the world. The auto industry is responsible for 15-20% of global carbon dioxide emissions and 80% becomes users' responsibility (JAMA). Many people are aware of the world's environmental issues and various countries had organised the campaign to make people aware of this concept. The rising cost of fuel has brought the need to save fuel. Drivers do not realise the amount of influence their driving style has on fuel consumption, potentially leading to significant unnecessary emissions and increased fuel cost. Therefore there is a need to understand the car users' eco-driving behaviour. The primary data was collected from 400 passenger car users of Chennai, India with the help of a structured questionnaire. The independent sample t-test and descriptive analysis were performed and it is found that the driving behaviour depends on their gender, age, marital status and size of the vehicle but in other hand education and income did not had that much impact on their driving behaviour. Therefore the government and local authorities need to push awareness of eco-driving among the passenger car users