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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Young Drivers"”.
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Analysis of crash and survey data to identify young drivers' distractions in Kansas
Young drivers are over-represented in crashes when compared to other age group drivers. Distracted driving is one of the major causes of traffic crashes by young drivers. The objective of this study was to assess the hazards of distracted driving among teenage (15–20 year old) and young-adult …
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The Relationship Between Laws Regulating Use of Mobile Communication Devices by Young Drivers and Crash Fatalities
The use of mobile communication devices (MCDs) by drivers is a significant public health problem. Research suggests that MCD use plays a role in almost 400,000 traffic crashes each year, resulting in over 3,000 deaths (NHTSA, 2013). Drivers using an MCD are as much as four times more likely to …
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Attentional Control in Young Drivers: Does Training Help or Hinder Bottom-Up Processing in a Dynamic Driving Environment?
… a critical skill for safe driving, one that many young and novice drivers lack. Training programs are shown to improve hazard anticipation performance in young drivers, but whether these training effects persist in the presence of salient and potentially distracting stimuli remains relatively less …
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An exploration of the relationship between attitudes and behavior in young drivers : an application of the theory of planned behavior
Young drivers are over represented in traffic crashes throughout the world and despite considerable efforts to date, there is still considerable work to be undertaken to develop interventions that will aid in the reduction of this road trauma. Historically, road safety research has been more …
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Identifying and Quantifying Factors Affecting Injury Severity of Young Drivers Involved in Single Vehicle Crashes Occurring within Curves on Rural Two-Lane Roads in Louisiana
This study investigates factors affecting young driver injury levels for single vehicle crashes occurring within curves on rural two-lane roads in Louisiana. Although the number of fatal and serious injury crashes involving young drivers is declining, young drivers are still overrepresented in …
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Beyond Scaring Them Straight: Assessing Alternative Measures of Persuasion in Road Safety Campaigns
Worldwide, young drivers are involved in more road traffic collisions than any other age group. Comprehensive driver training and various forms of pre- and- post-test road safety interventions (RSIs) are in place, but young drivers continue to be involved in more at-fault, fatal collisions than …
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Réponse au stress et comportements routiers à risque sous l’effet de l’alcool chez de jeunes conducteurs
… represent one of the leading causes of death in young adults. Impaired driving, speeding and other risky driving behaviours (RDBs) are often associated with these crashes. Examination of risk markers associated with involvement in RDBs by our research team has shown that a low response to a …
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The Effects of Cognitive Executive Load on Driving Crashes and Near-Crashes
… demand may increase crash risk, especially for young and older drivers. Naturalistic driving data were examined to determine if secondary tasks with increasing cognitive executive demand would result in increasing crash risk. Data were extracted from the Second Strategic Highway Research Program …
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Essays on the Economics of Driving and Health
… scheme for the protection and education of young drivers in the 1990s, many states also implemented revisions to those laws that increased the restrictions and hurdles for young drivers navigating the graduated licensing tiers. The difference-in-difference-in-differences estimation controls …
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Effects of Focal on Driver Calibration of Attention Maintenance Performance Using Normalized Difference and Brier Scores
<p>Young drivers are specifically poor at maintaining attention to the forward roadway while driving. Additionally, drivers are poorly calibrated to their own abilities, often overestimating their driving skills. The current research examines the effect of FOCAL on a young driver’s calibration …
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Individual and group differences in driving behaviour
Road traffic accident involvement rates show that younger males are over represented in accidents. A number of studies have shown individual differences in accident involvement. Questionnaire-based methods to investigate individual and group differences in driver stress and risk perceptions …
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A machine learning approach to predict emotional arousal and aggressive driving from EDA and heart rate signals
… the risk of road accidents, especially among young drivers. This study aims to predict aggressive driving behavior and emotional arousal using physiological signals, Electrodermal Activity (EDA) and Heart Rate (HR), collected via the Empatica E4 wristband in real-world driving conditions. A …
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Investigating sources and modes of communication through which rural raised drivers learn and experience cultural models of driving and their impact on driving safety
… particularly problematic on rural roads, where young rural drivers are involved in a disproportionately high number of traffic-related fatalities. However, research has yet to determine what and how information is transmitted to young rural-raised drivers or how this information differs after …
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The Effects of System Transparency and Reliability on Drivers' Perception and Performance Towards Intelligent Agents in Level 3 Automated Vehicles
… agents (IVIAs) is an important contributor to drivers' perception, situation awareness (SA), and driving performance. However, the effects of agent transparency on driver performance when the agent is unreliable have not been fully examined yet. The experiments in this Thesis focused on …
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The impact of alcohol-related risk-taking behaviour on younger driver deaths in the Western Cape Province: a retrospective cross-sectional study
… threat, endangering the lives of all road users. Younger drivers are inclined to engage in risk-taking behaviour, such as drunk driving with BAC levels exceeding the legal limit. The prevalence of drunk driving in the country has increased among the youth, with children starting to drink alcohol …
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Investigating Tafheet as a Unique Driving Style Behaviour
… such as fatigue and drunken behaviour of the drivers; however, owing to complexity of human behaviour, a lot has yet to be explored in this field to assess different styles of the abnormal behaviour to make roads safer for travelling. This research focuses on detection of a very complex …
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Investigation of Crashes Involving Vulnerable Roadway Users Utilizing Geographical Information Systems-Driven Spatio-Temporal Statistical Techniques
… from four distinct perspectives: (a) exploring young-driver-involved crashes to understand vulnerability based on age, (b) investigating pedestrian vulnerability due to their lack of protection, (c) examining the challenges faced by drivers experiencing daytime sun glare-induced temporary visual …