Ride-Share Use and Child Passenger Safety Behaviors: An Online Survey of Parents

Savage, M.; Kendi, Sadiqa; Macy, Michelle L.

doi:10.1016/j.acap.2021.03.018

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“…For example, while 85.6 percent of participants reported that they 'always' restrained their youngest child in an appropriate restraint while travelling in their private motor vehicle, only 57.3 percent of participants reported that they 'always' restrained their youngest child in an appropriate restraint when they travelled in a rideshare vehicle. These findings are consistent with several studies from the United States who have recently noted that parents restrain their children 'differently' while travelling in alternative transport modes such as rideshare vehicles [6,19], taxis [16,18], or carpooling [17]. These findings have significant implications, suggesting that child occupants may be at an increased risk of death or serious injury in the event of a motor vehicle crash while travelling in these modes of transport.…”

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“…Rideshare companies could also provide a child restraint program, like Uber [6], in partnership with state agencies and organisations like KidSafe, which checks and installs child restraint seats across Australia. Child restraint manufacturers could address the ease of use and portability of restraints [19], while car manufacturers could design an integrated child seat in their vehicles [37]. Moreover, our study highlighted a disproportionate use of rideshare vehicles among high-income earners, which raises the question of whether policy-makers and city planners need to consider equity of access to ridesharing for families with children and in general.…”

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“…Although child restraint use is high (i.e., over 90%) in private motor vehicles in Australia [13][14][15], research has shown that child restraint use is substantially lower in shared transportation modes such as taxis, rideshare vehicles and carpooling [6,[16][17][18][19]. For example, in the United States, Owens and colleagues [6] reported that 59 percent of parents restrained their children aged five years and younger 'differently' when travelling in a rideshare vehicle than they did when travelling in their private motor vehicle, including holding the child on their lap (37.0%) or letting their child travel without an appropriate child restraint (25.0%).…”

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What Are the Restraint Practices, Preferences, and Experiences When Australian Parents Travel with Their Children in a Rideshare Vehicle?

Koppel

Peiris

Aburumman

et al. 2021

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This study aimed to explore the preferences, experiences and restraint practices of Australian parents travelling with their children in rideshare vehicles. Six hundred and thirty-one participants completed an online survey (M = 39.2 years, SD = 10.5, Range = 18.0–70.0 years; Female: 63.4%). Most participants (59.1%) reported that they had not travelled in a rideshare vehicle with their youngest child (M = 7.2 years, SD = 5.2, Range = 0.0–17.0 years; Male: 54.2%). Participants who reported that they have travelled with their youngest child in a rideshare vehicle tended to: be younger, identify as male, have completed an Undergraduate or Postgraduate degree, reside in the Australian Capital Territory, earning a higher yearly household income, and were involved in an at-fault crash in the past two years. In addition, these participants were: less likely to have a ‘younger’ youngest child, less likely to ‘always’ wear a seatbelt while travelling in their private motor vehicle, and also less likely to ‘always’ restrain their child in an appropriate restraint while travelling in their private motor vehicle. Prohibitive reasons for not travelling in a rideshare vehicle included: cost (29.3%), concerns over driver safety (27.5%), concerns over travelling with children in a rideshare service (24.8%), or inconvenience (24.3%). Participants who reported that they had travelled in a rideshare vehicle with their youngest child reported lower rates of appropriate restraint use within the rideshare vehicle (57.3%) than when travelling in their private motor vehicle (85.6%). Reasons associated with inappropriate restraint use within the rideshare vehicle included: unavailability of a child restraint (39.6%), travelling a short distance (33.0%), were not required to use one in this situation (33.0%), or the parent did not have a restraint with them (26.4%). Given the increasing popularity of rideshare services in Australia, and globally, the urgent adaption of rideshare-specific policy, legislation, education, and design in relation to child restraint requirements is needed to ensure the safety of child occupants.

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What Are the Restraint Practices, Preferences, and Experiences When Australian Parents Travel with Their Children in a Rideshare Vehicle?

Koppel

Peiris

Aburumman

et al. 2021

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“…The majority of rideshare and taxi drivers nationwide will not carry or offer a car seat, placing parents and drivers in the difficult position of weighing the risks of riding without proper safety seats. Recent research suggests that parents or families with an urgent need for transportation and drivers unable to sacrifice a fare may both decide that it is worth the risk to transport a child without an appropriate CRS 38…”

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State and city laws governing the use of child restraint systems in rideshare vehicles and taxicabs: requirements and responsibility

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ObjectivesTo identify, describe and critique state and local policies related to child passenger safety in for-hire motor vehicles including ridesharing and taxis.MethodsWe used standard legal research methods to collect policies governing the use of child restraint systems (CRS) in rideshare and taxi vehicles for all 50 states and the 50 largest cities in the USA. We abstracted the collected policies to determine whether the policy applies to specific vehicles, requires specific safety restraints in those vehicles, lists specific requirements for use of those safety restraints, seeks to enhance compliance and punishes noncompliance.ResultsAll 50 states have policies that require the use of CRS for children under a certain age, weight or height. Seven states exempt rideshare vehicles and 28 states exempt taxis from their CRS requirements. Twelve cities have relevant policies with eight requiring CRS in rideshare vehicles, but not taxis, and two cities requiring CRS use in both rideshare vehicles and taxis.ConclusionMost states require CRS use in rideshare vehicles, but not as many require CRS use in taxis. Though states describe penalties for drivers who fail to comply with CRS requirements, these penalties do not actually facilitate the use of CRS in rideshare or taxis. Furthermore, there is ambiguity in the laws about who is responsible for the provision and installation of the restraints. To prevent serious or fatal injuries in children, policy-makers should adopt policies that require, incentivise and facilitate the use of CRS in rideshare vehicles and taxis.

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“…Koppel et al [3], in a study of Australian parents travelling with children in rideshare vehicles, noted that rates of use of appropriate restraints were lower (57.3%), when compared to travelling in a private vehicle (85.6%). Other research also supports concerns regarding lower levels of appropriate restraint use by children travelling in rideshare vehicles [4][5][6]. Concerns also stem from rideshare drivers, who may be pressured to transport inappropriately restrained children [7].…”

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Parents’ Willingness to Allow Their Unaccompanied Children to Use Emerging and Future Travel Modes

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This study investigated parents’ willingness to allow their unaccompanied child(ren) to use emerging and future travel modes (e.g., rideshare vehicles and automated vehicles). An online survey was completed by 631 Australian respondents (M = 39.2 years, SD = 10.5 years, Male: 36.6%) who reported that they currently lived with one or more children (17 or below). Approximately one-third (37.9%) of the respondents reported a willingness to allow their child to use a rideshare vehicle alone and more than half of the respondents (57.2%) reported a willingness to allow their child to use an automated vehicle alone. Respondents who expressed willingness to allow their child to use a rideshare vehicle alone were more likely to express a willingness to use an automated vehicle alone (79.1%) compared to respondents who were unwilling to use a rideshare vehicle (43.9%), χ2(1) = 75.158, p < 0.001, Phi = 0.345. Two separate logistic regression models revealed key similarities and differences related to respondents’ willingness to allow their unaccompanied child to use both transport modes. Respondents’ willingness to allow their unaccompanied child to use a rideshare vehicle was significantly related to their previous use of a rideshare vehicle with their child, having an optimistic view of technology, annual mileage, their aberrant driving behaviours, and their desire for route-control and assurance features within the rideshare vehicle, χ2(7) = 159.594, p < 0.001. Respondents’ willingness to allow their child to use an automated vehicle alone was significantly related to awareness of automated vehicles, education level, positive views towards technology, seeing technology to be innovative, and requirements for route control features within the automated vehicle, χ2(6) = 113.325, p < 0.001. Despite the potential for emerging or future travel modes to provide additional personal transportation options, these results suggest that Australian parents are unwilling to allow their unaccompanied child to use these modes of transport. These findings will have significant implications for transport planning, particularly in growing communities where pressures on parents to transport their child(ren) to activities and events with minimal adult supervision is increasing.

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Ride-Share Use and Child Passenger Safety Behaviors: An Online Survey of Parents

Cited by 6 publications

References 17 publications

What Are the Restraint Practices, Preferences, and Experiences When Australian Parents Travel with Their Children in a Rideshare Vehicle?

What Are the Restraint Practices, Preferences, and Experiences When Australian Parents Travel with Their Children in a Rideshare Vehicle?

State and city laws governing the use of child restraint systems in rideshare vehicles and taxicabs: requirements and responsibility

Parents’ Willingness to Allow Their Unaccompanied Children to Use Emerging and Future Travel Modes

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