Résumé:
Psychologists have viewed optimism as a relatively constant feature of personality, while health
psychology is concerned with this term in order to develop health prevention and eliminate the
negative effects of neglecting preventive steps. Hence our study aimed to reveal the impact of
unrealistic optimism on the commission of drivers of traffic accidents there are those who tend not to
expect bad accidents related to illness or damage compared to others, and this expectation is done
without logical justification leads to this feeling which causes them to be exposed to risks of any kind,
how much Many studies have confirmed the association of defensive optimism to traffic accidents, so
it was necessary for traffic safety authorities to try to change those beliefs through sound awareness
campaigns aimed at enabling road users to avoid the dangers that occur to them, which entails
Reducing traffic accidents
