Educating Teenage Drivers in the Pacific Northwest Regarding the Dangers of Distracted Driving

The goal of this outreach project was to examine driver distraction among teenagers in the Pacific Northwest. Specifically, to identify secondary tasks they consider distracting and determine their self-reported engagement in those same secondary tasks while driving. A presentation was developed and administered to 1400 teenage drivers (approximately 500 participants in each of the three states Washington, Idaho, and Oregon). Of those participants, 1009 teenage drivers responded to a pre- and post-knowledge survey administered immediately before and two weeks after the presentation. The purpose of the survey was to measure the degree to which the demonstration improved teenage driver perspectives regarding the hazards of distracted driving. Results indicated that the presentation positively influence teenage driver perspectives regarding the dangers of distracted driving.

• Record URL:
  http://depts.washington.edu/pactrans/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/PacTrans-7-739437-Hurwitz-David-Multi-Outreach.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program. Cover title: Educating Teenage Drivers in the Pacific Northwest Regarding the Dangers of Distracted Driving (Phase I)
• Corporate Authors:

  Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium

  University of Washington
  More Hall Room 112
  Seattle, WA  United States  98195-2700

  Oregon State University, Corvallis

  School of Civil and Construction Engineering
  Corvallis, OR  United States  97331

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Hurwitz, David S
  • Boyle, Linda
  • Abdel-Rahim, Ahmed
  • 0000-0001-9756-554X
  • Brown, Shane
• Publication Date: 2014-9-15

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Project Report
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 30p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Before and after studies; Distraction; Outreach; Safety education; Surveys; Teenage drivers
• Geographic Terms: Idaho; Oregon; Pacific Northwest; Washington (State)
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01541412
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 2012-M-0007, 7-739437
• Contract Numbers: DTRT12-UTC10
• Files: UTC, TRIS, RITA, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 21 2014 2:09PM