Improving drivers’ risk management behaviour: an assault on speeding

Young drivers’ willingness to engage in risky driving practices such as speeding is thought to be a leading contributing factor to this high fatality rate. Training methods currently employed to curb such behaviour have appeared to have limited, in any effect. One method that has shown promising outside the road industry in amending at-risk behaviour involves cognitively engaging individuals in the task. Moreover within the aviation industry, Molesworth and colleagues have demonstrated an experiential training method effective in improving pilots’ risk management behaviour. This training method is founded on the principles of cognitive engagement where individual’s self-beliefs and skills are directly challenged. Hence, the main aim of the present project was to examine the utility of such a training method within the road environment specifically in improving young drivers’ risk management behaviour. As a result, the objectives of this project were: 1.Investigate the utility of three different experiential training methods in order to improve young drivers’ risk management behaviour; 2. Examine how cognitive resources are utilized to implement a behavioural change derived from a successful experiential training method; 3. Examine if cognitive resource allocation could be taught.

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  • English

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  • Pagination: 12p

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  • Accession Number: 01457756
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: ARRB
  • Files: ITRD, ATRI
  • Created Date: Dec 21 2012 11:47AM