Evaluation of the Effect of a Novice Driver Training Program on Citations and Crashes

Zhang, Tingru; Li, Jinzheng; Thai, Hugh; Zafian, Tracy; Samuel, Siby; Fisher, Donald L.

doi:10.1177/1541931213601453

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“…Recent literature on distracted driving highlights the need for evidence-based strategies and interventions directed at changing the behavior of the driver and reshaping their habits (44, 45). Moreover, people have prevalent misperceptions around their ability to multitask and the extent to which they are vulnerable to risk and missing critical information (40).…”

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“…Moreover, 58% of MVCs in the teen population involve some form of distraction (9). Novice drivers in their first 3 years of driving experience, a large proportion of whom are young drivers, are at an increased crash risk for distracted driving compared to experienced drivers (10, 11, 46). This is concerning given that driving distraction can result even when the driver is not physically engaged in a secondary task (e.g., texting, reaching for a phone, eating, etc.).…”

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Clinical Utility of the DriveFocus™ Intervention on Young Drivers With and Without Experience

Alvarez

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2019

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Introduction: The DriveFocus™ intervention addresses the ability of young drivers to detect and respond to critical roadway information. DriveFocus is an interactive video-based tablet application that teaches users how to detect and prioritize critical roadway items. However, young drivers with and without experience may respond differently to the intervention. Objectives: We compared the simulated driving performance of two 17 year-old licensed drivers with (novice) and without (learner) driving experience, after three (post-test 1) and six (post-test 2) intervention sessions. Methods: We collected clinical, driving performance (number of visual scanning, adjustment to stimuli, and total driving errors) and acceptability data. Results: The learner driver made more visual scanning, adjustment to stimuli and total errors when compared to the novice. Both participants exhibited a decrease in both types and number of driving errors from baseline to post-test 2 and the learner also made less driving errors at post-test 1. Both participants rated the perceived ease of use of the intervention favorably. Conclusions : This study lays the foundation to examine the impact of the DriveFocus™ intervention among novice and more experienced young drivers.

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Clinical Utility of the DriveFocus™ Intervention on Young Drivers With and Without Experience

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2019

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“…The answers to both concerns are yes, as it has been found that the hazard anticipation difference between untrained and trained drivers was still significant six months or longer after training (Taylor et al, 2011) and there was a significant reduction in crashes within the one year period following training (Zhang et al, 2016). Based on our findings, there exists a premise for traffic safety researchers as well as the government to consider appropriate policy-based countermeasures or augmented training interventions that may reduce the crash risk of those young drivers who are more risk-taking.…”

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Effectiveness of Training Interventions on the Hazard Anticipation for Young Drivers Differing in Sensation Seeking Behavior

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

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Summary: Drivers younger than 25 years are overrepresented in fatal crashes compared to experienced drivers between 30 and 55 years of age. This age-related difference in crash statistics partly arises from younger drivers' poor hazard anticipation. Training programs (e.g. SAFE-T; Yamani et al. (2016)) have been shown effective at improving these drivers' anticipation behavior. However, individual differences such as sensation-seeking behavior, aggression, and driving violations exist in young drivers and may contribute to differences in their hazard anticipation. The current driving simulator study examined whether three individual differences known to characterize driving behavior can predict hazard anticipation performance for young drivers, and training effectiveness. K-mean clustering technique classified participants into two clusters based on their driving aggression, sensation seeking and driving violation scores. The results indicated that the low sensation-seeking drivers benefitted more from the training than their high sensation-seeking peers. These findings have design implications for the development of appropriate countermeasures for high sensation-seeking drivers.

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“…As noted above, these effects have been shown to extend beyond glances to actual crashes (Thomas et al, 2016;Zhang, et al, 2016). For example, a recent reanalysis of the crash data using SES as a control variable found that the effects of RAPT were largest among low SES participants and did not vary as a function of age or gender (Roberts et al, 2021).…”

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Booster Dose of Attention Training Program for Young Novice Drivers: A Longitudinal Driving Simulator Evaluation Study

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Objective We examined the effectiveness of a second exposure to ACCEL, a novel driving training program, on latent hazard anticipation (HA) performance several months after their first exposure. Background Past research has demonstrated that PC-based driver training programs can improve latent HA performance in young novice drivers, but these improvements are below the ceiling level. Method Twenty-five participants were randomly assigned to either the Placebo group, the ACCEL-1 group, or the ACCEL-2 group. Following the completion of the assigned training program, participants drove a series of eighteen scenarios incorporating latent hazards in a high-fidelity driving simulator with their eyes tracked. Participants returned two to six months following the first session and completed either the placebo program (ACCEL-1 and Placebo groups), or a second dose of training program (ACCEL-2 group), again followed by simulated evaluation drives. Results The ACCEL-2 group showed improved HA performance compared to the ACCEL-1 and Placebo groups in the second evaluation. Conclusion ACCEL enhances young novice drivers’ latent HA performance. The effectiveness of ACCEL is retained up to 6 months, and a second dose further improves HA performance. Application Policy makers should consider requiring such training before the completion of graduate driver license programs. Young novice drivers that do not show successful latent HA performance could be required to complete additional training before being allowed to drive without restrictions.

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Evaluation of the Effect of a Novice Driver Training Program on Citations and Crashes

Cited by 8 publications

References 17 publications

Clinical Utility of the DriveFocus™ Intervention on Young Drivers With and Without Experience

Clinical Utility of the DriveFocus™ Intervention on Young Drivers With and Without Experience

Effectiveness of Training Interventions on the Hazard Anticipation for Young Drivers Differing in Sensation Seeking Behavior

Booster Dose of Attention Training Program for Young Novice Drivers: A Longitudinal Driving Simulator Evaluation Study

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