Crashes of novice teenage drivers: Characteristics and contributing factors

Braitman, Keli A.; Kirley, Bevan B.; McCartt, Anne Taylor; Chaudhary, Neil K

doi:10.1016/j.jsr.2007.12.002

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“…2 As inexperienced drivers, teenagers commonly make errors that contribute to their high crash rate, including driving too fast for conditions, inadequate visual scanning of the road (driver is paying attention to driving but fails to see a hazard), and driving while distracted. [3][4][5] Distracted driving occurs when a driver diverts attention away from the driving task and instead to "an object, person, task, or event not related to driving." 6 As teenage cell phone ownership and texting have become ubiquitous in the United States, 7,8 distracted driving because of texting while driving (TWD) has emerged as an important teenage driver safety issue.…”

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“…39 Another study reported that 32% to 51% of parents would consider using in-vehicle electronic devices to inform them and/or their teenager if the teenager engages in risky MV behaviors such as nonuse of seatbelts, speeding, or hard braking. 5 Although some questions remain as to the acceptability and efficacy of these invehicle devices in improving teenage driver safety, the devices are commercially available.…”

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Texting While Driving and Other Risky Motor Vehicle Behaviors Among US High School Students

2013

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WHAT'S KNOWN ON THIS SUBJECT: Distracted driving due to texting while driving (TWD) has emerged as an important teenage safety issue. Previous studies have shown that the self-reported prevalence of TWD among teenagers varies widely. WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS:In 2011, 45% of US high school students aged $16 years reported TWD during the past 30 days. TWD was positively associated with other risky motor vehicle behaviors; this association strengthened as frequency of TWD increased. abstract OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of texting/e-mailing while driving (TWD) and association of TWD with other risky motor vehicle (MV) behaviors among US high school students.METHODS: Data were used from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention' s 2011 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which assessed TWD during the 30 days before the survey among 8505 students aged $16 years from a nationally representative sample of US high school students. TWD frequency was coded into dichotomous and polychotomous variables. Logistic regression assessed the relationship between TWD and other risky driving behaviors, controlling for age, race/ethnicity, and sex. RESULTS:The prevalence of TWD on $1 days during the 30 days before the survey was 44.5% (95% confidence interval: 40.8%-48.2%). Students who engaged in TWD were more likely than their non-TWD counterparts to not always wear their seatbelt (prevalence ratio; 95% confidence interval: 1.16; 1.07-1.26), ride with a driver who had been drinking alcohol (1.74; 1.57-1.93), and drink alcohol and drive (5.33; 4.32-6.59). These other risky MV behaviors were most likely to occur among students who frequently engaged in TWD.CONCLUSIONS: Nearly half of US high school students aged $16 years report TWD during the past 30 days; these students are more likely to engage in additional risky MV behaviors. This suggests there is a subgroup of students who may place themselves, their passengers, and others on the road at elevated risk for a crash-related injury or fatality by engaging in multiple risky MV behaviors. Pediatrics

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Texting While Driving and Other Risky Motor Vehicle Behaviors Among US High School Students

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“…Studies indicate that in crashes amongst groups of drivers, Hazard Perception (HP) errors are common (McKnight, A. J., & McKnight, A. S. 2003, Braitman et al 2008, Curry et al 2011, McDonald et al 2014. HP is defined as situation awareness to hazardous events.…”

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Using Situation Awareness as a Measure of Driver Hazard Perception Ability

Katrahmani

Ahmadi

Romoser

2017

Proceedings of the 9th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design: Dri

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Summary:The present study investigated the effectiveness of a tablet-based hazard anticipation training program on teenage drivers. Verbal and eye tracking protocols were mapped to Endsley's three level model of situation awareness (SA) as a means of measuring schema development. Participants were trained with a tablet based training program containing hazard identification scenarios. After six months they were asked to drive a simulator and on-road drive with various hazard scenarios. Results showed a significant difference between trained teen drivers and placebo teen drivers, both in eye tracking and verbal protocol. Verbal protocol and eye tracking protocol of trained teen drivers showed higher order of situation awareness in either of Endsley's model levels. This means trained group were more capable of identifying and mitigating the hazards and verbalizing the future states of the environment. In conclusion, the tablet based hazard identification and anticipation training program could be an effective post-licensure training program to give better insight of "what is going on" in driving environment.

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“…Generally, population prevalence estimates of risky driving employ self-reported measures of risky driving (McCartt, Shabanova, & Leaf, 2003;Mayhew et al, 2003), although prevalence of risky driving can be inferred from crash analyses datasets (Williams, 2003;Braitman, et al, 2008;Curry et al, 2011). The reliability and validity of self-report measures have relied on other self-reported measures such as traffic violations, reported motor vehicle crash involvement, and archival police-reported driver history records (Shope & Bingham, 2002;Dula & Ballard, 2003;Willemsen et al, 2008).…”

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Validity of the C-RDS Self-Reported Risky Driving Measure

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Brooks‐Russell

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Proceedings of the 7th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design : Dr

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Summary: This study examined the reliability and validity of the Checkpoints Risky Driving Scale (C-RDS) in relation to the Dula Dangerous Driving Index (DDDI) and an objective measure of risky driving. Naturalistic and survey data were collected over an 18-month period from 42 newly-licensed teenage drivers. Kinematic Risky Driving was operationally defined as the rate of elevated gravitational-force events per 100 miles obtained from accelerometers and global positioning systems. Two self-report measures of risky driving, the C-RDS and the DDDI, were assessed at 6-months, 12-months, and 18-months after licensure. Reliability was examined for each measure with correlations and autoregressive models over three time points. Validity was assessed by correlations between the measures and cross-lagged autoregressive models of the longitudinal association of self-reported measures with Kinematic Risky Driving and vice versa. Both the C-RDS and DDDI measures demonstrated substantial stability over time and were highly correlated with each other. The C-RDS measure was significantly associated with Kinematic Risky Driving. The findings provide evidence for the reliability and validity of C-RDS.

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Crashes of novice teenage drivers: Characteristics and contributing factors

Cited by 120 publications

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Texting While Driving and Other Risky Motor Vehicle Behaviors Among US High School Students

Texting While Driving and Other Risky Motor Vehicle Behaviors Among US High School Students

Using Situation Awareness as a Measure of Driver Hazard Perception Ability

Validity of the C-RDS Self-Reported Risky Driving Measure

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