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The relationship between personality and driving is a widely studied topic. These studies have emphasized the role of single personality traits, especially novelty seeking. This is a narrow view of personality. In this study, beside novelty seeking, I studied the impact of Cloninger's psychobiological theory and Gray's BIS-BAS theory on driving. Contextual mediated model was used which suggests that personality has influence on risky driving via self-assessed driving skills. Self-assessed driving skills can be divided to perceptual-motor skills and safety skills. This study was based on four previously collected samples. Personality was assessed using Temperament and Character Inventory-Revised (TCI-R), Zuckerman's Brief Sensation Seeking scale (BSSS) and Carver and White's BIS-BAS questionnaire. Driving behaviour was assessed using Driver Behaviour questionnaire (DBQ) and self-assessed driving skill using Driver Skill Inventory (DSI). Participants were also asked about their annual mileage, accidents and traffic violations. As previous research suggests, self-assessed perceptual-motor skills predicted risky driving and safety skills predicted safe driving. SEM models suggested that character traits of psychobiological theory predicted less violations via self-assessed driving skills in students' sample. Temperament traits did not predict risky driving besides harm avoidance. These effects were present for both genders when annual mileage was controlled. In a sample of conscripts, high activation of behavioural activation system and sensation seeking predicted high perceptual-motor skills and low safety skills. The results show that low character traits predicted risky driving. Risky drivers evaluated themselves high on perceptual-motor skills but low on safety skills. It seems to be possible that personality and self-assessed driving skills can be used to identify sub-groups of drivers that differ from the concerning risky driving.