The purpose of the current study is to examine the applicability of Gottfredson and Hirschi's (1990) self-control theory to traffic law violations among senior drivers in South Korea. A nationally representative sample of those aged 61 and over was taken from the Korean Crime Victim Survey. This sample of 961 older people was used to examine the effect of self-control on traffic law violations. A series of binary logistic regressions were carried out. Results showed that self-control was not a significant correlate of traffic law violations, while opportunity variables such as driving time on weekday and weekend had significant effects after controlling for demographic and other variables. The results imply that the effect of low self-control might be weaker for elderly people or for traffic violations. Policy implications have been discussed.

本研究的目的是检验Gottfredson和Hirschi（1990）的自我控制理论对韩国高级驾驶员违反交通法规的适用性。从韩国犯罪受害者调查中获得了具有全国代表性的61岁及以上人群的样本。该961名老年人的样本用于检查自我控制对违反交通法的影响。进行了一系列二进制逻辑回归。结果表明，自我控制与违反交通法规没有显着相关性，而机会变量（如工作日和周末的开车时间）在控制了人口统计学特征和其他变量后具有显着影响。结果表明，对于老年人或违反交通法规的人来说，低自我控制的影响可能会减弱。已经讨论了政策含义。