The young driver follow-up study : an evaluation of the role of human factors in the first four years of driving : Accid. Anal. & Prev. 4, 191–240
✍ Scribed by DavidM. Harrington
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1972
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 51 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-4575
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✦ Synopsis
This is a review of the research literature pertaining to drivers aged 15-24. It is organized into 14 sections: (a) The Gross Record; (b) Exposure; (c) Experience and Youthfulness vs. Age; (d) Sex; (e) Violations; (f) Alcohol; (g) Drugs; (h) Motorcycles; (i) Crime; (j) Types of Accidents Characteristic of Young Drivers; (k) Cars and Scholastic Work; (l) Personal Characteristics; (m) Background Characteristics; and (n) Driver Education.
The Summary and Suggestions section propose a diagnostic-remedial approach to the development of improved programs of driver preparation, driver licensing and driver improvement. A probabilistic rationale is advocated, in contrast with the traditional correlational model. It is shown that the exclusive use of correlation as a method of analysis when one of the two variables is number of accidents can obscure precisely the information that is needed.