A brief office-based hazard perception intervention for drivers with ADHD symptoms

Abstract

Significant improvements in hazard perception response times in male drivers with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder symptoms were found following the training intervention. This indicates that such training has potential for inclusion in a management plan for reducing the crash rates of this high risk group of drivers. The training is practical, quick, and affordable, and has the potential to translate into real-world driving outcomes.

Assessment of drivers' ability to anticipate traffic hazards after traumatic brain injury

“…Drivers aged over 65 years who were trained using a 17 min expert driver's running commentary regarding the cues present in a series of videos of traffic hazards were 0.5 s faster to anticipate traffic hazards after training (and were faster to anticipate hazards after training compared with an untrained control group) 38. Similarly, there was a 0.5 s improvement in the hazard perception response times in male drivers with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms, following a 34 min training intervention comprising a general instructional video about anticipating traffic hazards, exercises in generating running commentary for videos of traffic hazards and exercises in predicting ‘what happens next?’ in traffic videos that cut to a black screen at a prespecified point in the development of a hazardous situation 39. While these two interventions were reported to produce faster response times in off-road hazard perception tests, similar computer-based anticipatory training has also been found to increase young drivers' scanning for hazards during real driving 40.…”

“…Short training interventions targeting members of other populations of high-risk drivers have been found to reduce hazard perception response times 38 39. Drivers aged over 65 years who were trained using a 17 min expert driver's running commentary regarding the cues present in a series of videos of traffic hazards were 0.5 s faster to anticipate traffic hazards after training (and were faster to anticipate hazards after training compared with an untrained control group) 38.…”

Autorijden met ADHD

“…Verder zouden niet-farmaceutische behandelmethoden nader moeten worden onderzocht. Tot nu toe heeft slechts een beperkt aantal studies de effecten van gedragsinterventies op rijgerelateerde gedragingen onderzocht en hoewel de steekproeven klein waren (n < 10), zijn de eerste resultaten veelbelovend [55,70,74,90].…”

Commentary driver training: Effects of commentary exposure, practice and production on hazard perception and eye movements

“…Previous studies have typically involved an exposed group who watch a video filmed from the perspective of the driver, including a number of hazardous events, accompanied by an expert commentary. However, the control group typically watches the same video in silence Horswill et al, 2013;Isler et al, 2009;McKenna et al, 2006;Poulsen et al, 2010;Wallis & Horswill, 2007), alongside some additional non-hazard relevant safety information in some cases (Horswill, Falconer, Pachana, Wetton, & Hill, 2015;Wetton et al, 2013), but with no additional hazard perception task. While a silent control group eliminates the possibility that commentary benefits are a result of mere exposure to hazards, it does not create conditions in which both the commentary and control groups have engaged exposure to hazards.…”

“…When benefits of video-based commentary exposure or full training have been shown relative to a control group, the control group has typically watched the same commentary video, but without any accompanying audio, so that they were exposed to the same visual materials but without any commentary exposure (Horswill, Kemala, Wetton, Scialfa, & Pachana, 2010;Horswill et al, 2013;Isler et al, 2009;McKenna et al, 2006;Poulsen, Horswill, Wetton, Hill, & Lim, 2010;Wallis & Horswill, 2007;Wetton et al, 2013).…”