GDL then and now

Preusser, David F.; Tison, Julie

doi:10.1016/j.jsr.2007.02.003

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“…The safest period for young drivers is the newly licensed learner stage, when risk exposure is attenuated by an in-vehicle supervisor (Bates, Watson, & King, 2009). Novice drivers' crash risk peaks during the first few months' of unsupervised driving upon obtaining their Provisional 1 (P1) license (Bates et al, 2009;McCartt, Shabanova, & Leaf, 2003;Preusser & Tison, 2007), decreasing substantially after the first 1600 km driven (Kinnear et al, 2013;McCartt et al, 2003). Crash risk continues to fall over the next 18 months (Williams, 2003), further decreasing after 4000 km of driving (Kinnear et al, 2013).…”

Section: The Young Novice Drivermentioning

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Reward versus punishment: Reinforcement sensitivity theory, young novice drivers’ perceived risk, and risky driving

Harbeck

Glendon

Hine

2017

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviou

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One reason that young novice drivers remain statistically over-represented in road deaths is their rate of engagement in risky driving. Prominent contributing factors include driver's age, sex, personality, risk perception, and their driving experience. This study applied reinforcement sensitivity theory (RST, specifically reward sensitivity and punishment sensitivity) to predict young novice drivers' perceived risk and self-reported risky driving engagement, while accounting for potential influences of age, sex, and driving experience. Drivers (N = 643, 490 females, 17-25 years, M = 20.02, SD = 2.32) who held an Australian driver's license (P1, P2, or Open) anonymously completed an online survey containing the Behaviour of Young Novice Drivers Scale, the Sensitivity to Punishment and Sensitivity to Reward Questionnaire, and a measure of perceived risk of driving-related behaviours. A path analytic model derived from RST showed that perceived risk had the strongest negative association with reported risky driving engagement, followed by reward sensitivity (positive association). Respondent's age and reward sensitivity were associated with perceived risk. Age, reward sensitivity, and perceived risk were associated with reported engagement in risky driving behaviours. Driver sex only had direct paths with RST variables, and through reward sensitivity, indirect paths to perceived risk, and reported risky driving. Neither punishment sensitivity nor driving experience contributed significantly to the model. Implications and applications of the model, and the unique set of variables examined, are discussed in relation to road safety interventions and driver training.

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Section: The Young Novice Drivermentioning

confidence: 99%

Reward versus punishment: Reinforcement sensitivity theory, young novice drivers’ perceived risk, and risky driving

Harbeck

Glendon

Hine

2017

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviou

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“…Young novice drivers have an elevated level of crash involvement, which is most apparent over the first few months and kilometers of solo driving (Mayhew, 2007;Preusser & Tison, 2007). According to official police reported statistics, within New Zealand, 15 to 24 year old drivers were at fault in 127 fatal crashes, 809 serious injury crashes, and 4,086 minor injury crashes in 2007.…”

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Crash involvement during the different phases of the New Zealand Graduated Driver Licensing System (GDLS)

Lewis-Evans

2010

Journal of Safety Research

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“…This reduces driving and crashes, as several studies document (Williams, 2007). Preusser and Tison (2007) Longer learner's permit holding periods also provide more time for supervised driving. See Section 3.4.1 for additional discussion.…”

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Novice teen driving: GDL and beyond

Hedlund

2007

Journal of Safety Research

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GDL then and now

Cited by 28 publications

References 13 publications

Reward versus punishment: Reinforcement sensitivity theory, young novice drivers’ perceived risk, and risky driving

Reward versus punishment: Reinforcement sensitivity theory, young novice drivers’ perceived risk, and risky driving

Crash involvement during the different phases of the New Zealand Graduated Driver Licensing System (GDLS)

Novice teen driving: GDL and beyond

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