What we know, what we don't know, and what we need to know about graduated driver licensing

Hedlund, James; Shults, Ruth A.; Compton, Richard P.

doi:10.1016/s0022-4375(00)0865

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“…Additional risk factors that contribute to teen driver crashes include: driving at night (Lin & Fearn, 2003); alcohol impairment (Williams, 2003); transporting other teen passengers (Lin & Fearn, 2003, Williams, 2003; cell phone use (NHTSA, July 2007); speeding; and lack of seat belt use (Hedlund, Shults, & Compton, 2003). Observational surveys have indicated that teenagers' seat belt use is among the lowest of any age group (Williams & Shabanova, 2002), with males and passengers showing even lower belt use within the teen subpopulation .…”

Section: Problem Identificationmentioning

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Evaluation of Teen Seat Belt Demonstration Projects in Colorado and Nevada

Nichols¹,

Haire²,

Solomon³

et al. 2011

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served as the NHTSA Contracting Officer's Technical Representative for this study. AbstractColorado and Nevada initiated multiwave Teen Seat Belt Demonstration Projects in October 2007. Four waves of paid media and law enforcement activity were conducted over the next year. Three of these waves were conducted independently of statewide Click It or Ticket (CIOT) mobilizations, and one wave was conducted immediately prior to the May 2008 CIOT effort. Program data indicate that these were "strong" programs, and awareness surveys indicated that media efforts and law enforcement agencies successfully impacted the target population of teens 16 to 20 years old. Baseline use rates were substantially higher in Nevada than in Colorado; and, in Nevada, baselines were higher among college students than among high school students. Teen seat belt use increased significantly in both States. Overall gains of 5 percentage points in Colorado and 8 points in Nevada were substantial, particularly given that both States have secondary enforcement laws and low fine levels ($20 in Colorado; $25 in Nevada). It is likely that greater gains could be made with passage of a primary law upgrade and/or an increase in fine levels in either or both of these States. Targeted AreasThe targeted areas were major population centers of each State including: the Colorado SpringsPueblo, Denver, and Grand Junction-Montrose media markets in Colorado; and the Las Vegas and Reno-Sparks media markets in Nevada. Virtually the entire population of both States was covered by these media markets, although enforcement was focused more in metropolitan areas. Program MessageCIOT was the primary branding for the teen program, just as it is for statewide CIOT mobilizations. In addition, the paid advertising component of the program included enforcement-related ads for radio and for television that carried an "Out of Nowhere" theme, designed to send a message to teens that, if they are not buckled up, policeman can appear out of nowhere to give them tickets. Program ActivityOutreach and Earned Media Outreach to the news media and various partner organizations resulted in scores of news stories and events associated with each program wave, usually in conjunction with news events or news releases just prior to each enforcement period. In Colorado, there was an average of about 60 television news stories and 50 print or Web stories associated ii with each wave (earned media). In Nevada, there was an average of about 30 television and 11 print or Web stories associated with each wave, but the greatest number of these articles and stories was associated with the first program wave. . These paid media efforts resulted in an average of more than 2,000 radio and television ads aired during each program wave, many times the number of earned media stories. In terms of gross rating points (GRPs), these ads resulted in just over 600 GRPs per wave in Colorado and 525 GRPs per wave in Nevada. Both averages indicate "strong" to "very strong" media programs. Television was the pri...

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Section: Problem Identificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluation of Teen Seat Belt Demonstration Projects in Colorado and Nevada

Nichols¹,

Haire²,

Solomon³

et al. 2011

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“…It also presents information from the symposium's PowerPoint presentations (available from the National Safety Council) and discussion. Additional information on GDL and teenage driver issues may be found in the 2002 symposium summary (Hedlund, Shults, & Compton, 2003) and in three subsequent research summaries Hedlund, Shults, & Compton, 2006). This concise summary necessarily omits much useful information and many points of discussion.…”

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Novice teen driving: GDL and beyond

Hedlund

2007

Journal of Safety Research

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“…Research needs, both in terms of understanding the phenomenon itself and in the evaluation of the effectiveness of the different approaches, are well defined. But, we are still far from achieving a good understanding of the core of the problem and even farther from its solution (Ferguson, 2003;Hedlund et al, 2003;Hedlund & Compton, 2004). In this paper, we report on a program, titled Green Light for Life, which is aimed at promoting safe driving in young drivers by improving the quality of their accompanied driving experience and at evaluating the impact of this program on young drivers and their families using an in-vehicle data recorder (IVDR) system.…”

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Evaluating the Safety Implications and Benefits of an In-Vehicle Data Recorder to Young Drivers

Lotan

Toledo

2005

Driving Assessment 2005 : Proceedings of the 3rd International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Trainin

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Summary:Young drivers in Israel, as in other parts of the world, are involved in car crashes more than any other age group. Green Light for Life is a new program that seeks to improve the quality of the experience of young drivers during the mandatory accompanied driving period. As part of the efforts to evaluate the effectiveness of this program a novel experiment, which uses information gathered from an in-vehicle data recorder (IVDR) is conducted. The DriveDiagnostics IVDR system, which is used in this study, can identify over 20 different maneuver types in raw measurements and use this information to indicate overall trip safety. Drivers receive feedback through various summary reports, real-time text messages or an in-vehicle display unit. Preliminary validation tests with the system demonstrate promising potential. In the experiment, the DriveDiagnostics system is installed in the primary vehicle driven by the young driver in 120 families. The experiment is designed to test the impact on driving behavior of participation in the program and the type of feedback drivers receive from the system. The data collection part of the experiment is scheduled to run for 8 months for each family.

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What we know, what we don't know, and what we need to know about graduated driver licensing

Cited by 48 publications

References 12 publications

Evaluation of Teen Seat Belt Demonstration Projects in Colorado and Nevada

Evaluation of Teen Seat Belt Demonstration Projects in Colorado and Nevada

Novice teen driving: GDL and beyond

Evaluating the Safety Implications and Benefits of an In-Vehicle Data Recorder to Young Drivers

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