FOLLOW-UP EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF DRIVER IMPROVEMENT CLASSES FOR PROBLEM DRIVERS

THIS STUDY EVALUATED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A DRIVER IMPROVEMENT CLASS IN CALIFORNIA BY COMPARING SUBSEQUENT DRIVING RECORDS OF DRIVERS WHO HAD ATTENDED CLASS VS. THOSE WHO HADN'T. ALL DRIVERS HAD A ONE HOUR IMPROVEMENT INTERVIEW WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES. DRIVERS VOLUNTARILY ATTENDED THE CLASS. IN GENERAL, THE PROBLEM DRIVERS CUT THEIR PREVIOUS MOVING VIOLATIONS AND DRIVING ACCIDENTS ABOUT IN HALF IN THE FOLLOW-UP PERIOD REGARDLESS OF CLASS, YET WERE WORSE THAN THE AVERAGE CALIFORNIA DRIVER. WHETHER USING RAW DATA OR DATA FROM MATCHED GROUPS, THE FOLLOW-UP DRIVING RECORD OF DRIVERS WHO HAD ATTENDED THE 18-HOUR CLASS WAS COMPARABLE (NO BETTER, NO WORSE) IN GENERAL TO THAT OF DRIVERS WHO HAD HAD THE 1-HOUR INTERVIEW ALONE. THE INFLUENCE OF VARIABLES SUCH AS LICENSE RESTRICTION AND YEARS OF DRIVING WERE CONSIDERED AND SUGGESTIONS MADE AS TO THE TYPE OF DRIVER WHO WOULD BENEFIT BY DRIVER IMPROVEMENT CLASSES. RECOMMENDATIONS WERE ALSO MADE FOR FUTURE RESEARCH. /AUTHOR/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 1, No 2, PP 80-88
• Authors:
  • SCHUSTER, D H
• Publication Date: 1969-6

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Journal of Safety Research
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0022-4375
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00224375

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Constrictions; Driver improvement programs; Driver licenses; Driver performance; Driver training; Drivers; Economic efficiency; Personnel performance; Problem drivers; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver improvement; Efficiency
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220532
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 29 1994 12:00AM