THE STABILITY OF DRIVING RECORD OVER TIME
TO INVESTIGATE THE RELIABILITY OF DRIVING RECORD DATA AS A CRITERION OF DRIVING PERFORMANCE, ACCIDENTS AND CONVICTIONS FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS ACCUMULATED BY 7841 CALIFORNIA DRIVERS OVER A 6-YEAR PERIOD WERE ANALYZED. THE RESULTS SHOW (1) CONVICTION EXPERIENCE IS A MUCH MORE STABLE DRIVER CHARACTERISTIC THAN ACCIDENT EXPERIENCE, (2) BOTH CONVICTION AND ACCIDENT EXPERIENCE ARE MORE STABLE FOR MALES THAN FOR FEMALES, AND (3) IN A GIVEN 3-YEAR PERIOD THE VAST MAJORITY OF ACCIDENTS INVOLVE DRIVERS WHO HAVE BEEN ACCIDENT-FREE IN THE PREVIOUS 3-YEAR PERIOD. THE LAST RESULT SUGGESTS THAT TRAFFIC SAFETY EFFORTS DIRECTED TOWARD THE SO-CALLED 'NORMAL' DRIVER WILL HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF PAY-OFF. /AUTHOR/
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Availability:
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Supplemental Notes:
- Vol 2, No 1, PP 57-65, 8 TAB, 7 REF
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Authors:
- BURG, A
- Publication Date: 1970-5
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Pagination: pp 57-65
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Serial:
- Accident Analysis & Prevention
- Volume: 2
- Issue Number: 1
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 0001-4575
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crashes; Driver performance; Drivers; Driving; Gender; Human characteristics; Personnel performance; Records management; Stability (Mechanics); Traffic conviction
- Uncontrolled Terms: Convictions; Driver characteristics; Records
- Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00221096
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Nov 18 1970 12:00AM