THE EFFECTS OF THE NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE ON KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE

THREE GROUPS OF SUBJECTS WERE SELECTED FROM AN EMPLOYEE POPULATION. THESE GROUPS WERE THOSE VOLUNTEERING FOR AND TAKING DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE; THOSE VOLUNTEERING FOR BUT NOT TAKING DDC; AND A GROUP OF NON-VOLUNTEERS-NON- COURSE. ALL GROUPS WERE GIVEN A BATTERY OF FOUR TESTS PRIOR TO THE START OF THE COURSE. THIS BATTERY CONSISTED OF A DRIVER KNOWLEDGE TEST (DKT), A DRIVING ATTITUDE SCALE (DAS) THE WONDERLIC PERSONNEL TEST - FORM A, AND A BIOGRAPHICAL SURVEY. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE COURSE, SIX MONTHS, AND TWELVE MONTHS LATER, THE GROUPS WERE READMINISTERED THE DKT AND DAS TESTS. THE RESULTS INDICATED THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE COURSE, THE NON-COURSE AND THE COURSE GROUPS DIFFERED SIGNIFICANTLY IN FAVOR OF THE DDC. THAT IS, IMPROVEMENT WAS INDICATED AFTER TAKING THE COURSE. SIX MONTHS LATER THE COURSE GROUPS' DKT SCORES DECREASED SLIGHTLY; HOWEVER, THEY WERE STILL BETTER THAN EITHER NON- COURSE GROUP. NO DIFFERENCE IN DAS SCORES WERE OBSERVED AT THIS TIME. ONE YEAR LATER THE COURSE GROUP DID NOT DIFFER IN DKT SCORES, BUT SHOWED A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN DAS SCORES IN FAVOR OF THE COURSE GROUP. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 24 Pp, 12 TAB, 10 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  National Safety Council

  /Dept of Research
  ,   United States 
• Authors:
  • Vilardo, F
  • BLUMENTHAL, M
  • Planek, T
• Publication Date: 1968-4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Defensive drivers; Knowledge; Testing
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220831
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 29 1970 12:00AM