University of Isfahan Strategic Research on Social Problems 3041-8623 1 4 2012 12 21 Social Anomie and Observance of Traffic Rules(Case Study: Tabriz Drivers) Social Anomie and Observance of Traffic Rules(Case Study: Tabriz Drivers) 19 38 17076 FA Mohammad Abbaszadeh Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Tabriz, Tabriz Iran Esa Abedini M.A., Sociology University of Tabriz, Tabriz Iran Mohammad Reza Hasani PhD Student in Sociology, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran Morteza Mobarak Bakhshayesh Inareuxroe at Institute of Social Research, University of Tabriz, Tabriz Iran Journal Article 2016 06 14 One of the social factors influencing law-evading behavior is social distress or feelings of anomie. When society is in a chaotic situation, respecting the law is unenforceable. Previous research has shown how this situation contributes to a state of lawlessness. About the importance of this issue we can say that according to statistics many of road accidents in Iran stem from law-evading behavior and insufficient attention to traffic rules. Comparing the high rates of road accidents in Iran with other countries show that this is an important problem which has to be addressed from different aspects. That is why in this paper we focus on observance of traffic rules and its related factors. The main theories used to explain this phenomenon are Durkheim’s and Merton's anomie theories, status failure theory by Cohen, differential illegitimate opportunities theory by Cloward  and Ohlin, control theory, structural theory of Opportunity, poverty and illegality by Robert Merton, Theory of rational choice and choice theory by Wilson and Herrnstein. One of the social factors influencing law-evading behavior is social distress or feelings of anomie. When society is in a chaotic situation, respecting the law is unenforceable. Previous research has shown how this situation contributes to a state of lawlessness. About the importance of this issue we can say that according to statistics many of road accidents in Iran stem from law-evading behavior and insufficient attention to traffic rules. Comparing the high rates of road accidents in Iran with other countries show that this is an important problem which has to be addressed from different aspects. That is why in this paper we focus on observance of traffic rules and its related factors. The main theories used to explain this phenomenon are Durkheim’s and Merton's anomie theories, status failure theory by Cohen, differential illegitimate opportunities theory by Cloward  and Ohlin, control theory, structural theory of Opportunity, poverty and illegality by Robert Merton, Theory of rational choice and choice theory by Wilson and Herrnstein. https://ssoss.ui.ac.ir/article_17076_31e110d72d2afd54646a4e9129b8b207.pdf