Risk perception may be measured in different, separate environments. For example, drivers and pedestrians assess the risks in the road environment and workers assess the risks in the workplace environment.

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between the risks perceived in several different environments in order to examine whether separate environments – such as the workplace environment and the road environment – are perceived as distinct environments, and whether the knowledge gained by learning to assess risks in one environment can be transferred to a new one.

This study found a relationship between measures of risk perception while driving and a while crossing a road. Another finding is that a relationship was observed between the perception of risks related to vaccines and those related to medication, and a relationship was also observed between measures of risk perception while browsing the Internet and while using social media.

The relationships between the measures of risk perception while crossing a road and the measures of risk perception while hiking in nature or in the workplace are small, as are the relationships between health-related risks and stock market-related risks.

These findings suggest that separate environments, such as the workplace environment and the natural environment, are perceived as distinct environments from the road environment, and that knowledge learned in one environment cannot be transferred and used when in the other environment. The findings are discussed in the context of digital classroom learning.