Efficacy of training with driving simulators in improving safety in young novice or learner drivers: A systematic review

Martín-delosReyes, Luis Miguel; Jiménez-Mejías, Eladio; Martínez-Ruiz, Virginia; Moreno-Roldán, Elena; Molina-Soberanes, Daniel; Lardelli-Claret, Pablo

doi:10.1016/j.trf.2018.12.006

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“…Indeed, few studies have tried to demonstrate the efficacy of driving simulation systems as a learning tool. Results seems to be inconclusive and heterogeneous and cannot be employed in order to produce a clear statement pro or versus the use of training programs based on driving simulation (Martín-delosReyes et al, 2019). In a review on rehabilitation of driving skills, it is unclear whether a driving simulation training may restore, maintain, and ensure transferability of such skills to real-world driving, and it is also unclear whether it could produce better results with respect to classical neurocognitive rehabilitation (Devos et al, 2015).…”

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The Drives for Driving Simulation: A Scientometric Analysis and a Selective Review of Reviews on Simulated Driving Research

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Driving behaviors and fitness to drive have been assessed over time using different tools: standardized neuropsychological, on-road and driving simulation testing. Nowadays, the great variability of topics related to driving simulation has elicited a high number of reviews. The present work aims to perform a scientometric analysis on driving simulation reviews and to propose a selective review of reviews focusing on relevant aspects related to validity and fidelity. A scientometric analysis of driving simulation reviews published from 1988 to 2019 was conducted. Bibliographic data from 298 reviews were extracted from Scopus and WoS. Performance analysis was conducted to investigate most prolific Countries, Journals, Institutes and Authors. A cluster analysis on authors' keywords was performed to identify relevant associations between different research topics. Based on the reviews extracted from cluster analysis, a selective review of reviews was conducted to answer questions regarding validity, fidelity and critical issues. United States and Germany are the first two Countries for number of driving simulation reviews. United States is the leading Country with 5 Institutes in the topten. Top Authors wrote from 3 to 7 reviews each and belong to Institutes located in North America and Europe. Cluster analysis identified three clusters and eight keywords. The selective review of reviews showed a substantial agreement for supporting validity of driving simulation with respect to neuropsychological and on-road testing, while for fidelity with respect to real-world driving experience a blurred representation emerged. The most relevant critical issues were the a) lack of a common set of standards, b) phenomenon of simulation sickness, c) need for psychometric properties, lack of studies investigating d) predictive validity with respect to collision rates and e) ecological validity. Driving simulation represents a cross-cutting topic in scientific literature on driving, and there are several evidences for considering it as a valid alternative to neuropsychological and on-road testing. Further research efforts could be aimed at establishing a consensus statement for protocols assessing fitness to drive, in order to (a) use standardized systems, (b) compare systematically driving simulators with regard to their validity and fidelity, and (c) employ shared criteria for conducting studies in a given sub-topic.

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“…The design of an efficient set of scenarios to assess the crash likelihood of a young driver required not only knowledge of novice skill deficit, but also knowledge of the scenarios in which skills are most compromised [11,12,13,14,15].…”

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Development of Simulated Scenarios for Quadricycle Safety

Pappalardo¹,

Cafiso²,

Severino³

2021

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In Italy, quadricycles can be driven by the youngest category of drivers of 14 years of age. The increasing popularity together with the low-level of safety regulation of these vehicles compared to cars gives cause for concern. Simulators, considered as a training method, provide a realistic reproduction of driving environments so that they can be used to improve driving skills and risk awareness to novice and young drivers. Simulation trial can also be used to evaluate driving performance about safety. At first, the more appropriate simulated accident scenarios for training of young drivers were identified as those with the highest frequency in real world crashes. Since the ISTAT national crash data base includes a multitude of information, but no unique scenario code, it was necessary to use all the available data to classify the proper scenario associated with each crash. To this aim, the taxonomy theory was applied to create a comparable structure for the database. For training and evaluation tests, five accident scenarios were implemented in a simulation course that lasted approximately fifteen minutes. Ten participants driving a simulated quadricycle in a simple one screen simulator were used as a sample to test the working performance of the scenarios. Finally, Traffic Conflict Technique was applied to measure performance indicators derived from the data acquired during the simulation tests. The results confirmed data from the accident database about the location of accidents in rural intersections.

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“…The other is to improve their actual observation ability. Training is the feasible method, especially for complex scenarios novice drivers not often to meet [44]. For example, few novice drivers could deal with emergency collision avoidance successfully because the frequency of incident is very low in the real world, but repeating training can improve emergency response performance.…”

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Cognitive bias analysis of young novice drivers’ observation abilities—A questionnaire-based study

Xiang

Liu

Peng³

et al. 2021

PLoS ONE

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Observation ability, which is the basis of following decision-making and vehicle manipulation behaviour, is of great importance while driving. However, the subject self-cognition and objective assessment of driving ability are usually different, especially for the young novice drivers. In this paper, drivers’ observation abilities for both static traffic signs and markings and dynamic surrounding vehicles were investigated based on questionnaire data. Effects of gender and driving characteristics (driving year, driving frequency, driving time) on drivers’ observation abilities were verified by ANOVA analysis and structural equation model (SEM) from two aspects: drivers’ self-assessment scores (self-assessment) and mutual assessment scores (evaluated by others). Significant difference could be found between all the factors and drivers’ self-assessment scores, while only driving year had a significant effect on drivers’ mutual assessment scores. Besides, cognitive bias was found between all the driving year groups. It seemed that drivers with driving experience less than one year were always overconfident with their driving abilities. And drivers with driving experience more than three years usually gave the most conservative assessment scores for themselves and others. With more exposures to various traffic conditions, experienced drivers are more aware of their limitations on observing surrounding information, while young novice drivers still not realized their limitations on observing traffic signs and other vehicles in a right way.

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Efficacy of training with driving simulators in improving safety in young novice or learner drivers: A systematic review

Cited by 39 publications

References 24 publications

The Drives for Driving Simulation: A Scientometric Analysis and a Selective Review of Reviews on Simulated Driving Research

The Drives for Driving Simulation: A Scientometric Analysis and a Selective Review of Reviews on Simulated Driving Research

Development of Simulated Scenarios for Quadricycle Safety

Cognitive bias analysis of young novice drivers’ observation abilities—A questionnaire-based study

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