EFFECT OF DIFFERENT TRAFFIC COURT SCHOOL INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACHES ON DRIVER ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOR

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE MADISON, WISCONSIN TRAFFIC SAFETY SCHOOL IN REDUCING THE RATE OF TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS BY YOUNG MALE ADULTS SENT TO THE SCHOOL BY THE LOCAL COURTS WAS DETERMINED. IN COMPARING THE ATTITUDES OF MALES IN THE PILOT STUDY WHO WERE USED TO VALIDATE THE INSTRUMENT WITH THE ATTITUDES OF MALES WHO VIOLATED TRAFFIC LAWS AND WERE SENT TO TRAFFIC SCHOOL, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TRAFFIC OFFENDERS GENERALLY HAD MORE NEGATIVE ATTITUDES TOWARD BOTH TRAFFIC LAWS AND TRAFFIC POLICE. IT WOULD SEEM THAT TRAFFIC SCHOOL, WHETHER EMPHASIZING SUPPORTIVE, PUNITIVE, OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH, IS PRESENTLY LIMITED IN HELPING YOUTH WORK THROUGH NEGATIVE FEELINGS TOWARD AUTHORITY WHICH MAY MANIFEST THEMSELVES IN INAPPROPRIATE OR DANGEROUS DRIVING BEHAVIOR. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 19, No 6, PP 1-9
• Authors:
  • Frazier, D
  • Percone, P A
  • Hosford, R E
• Publication Date: 1971-6

Media Info

• Serial:
  • TRAFFIC DIGEST AND REVIEW
  • Publisher: Northwestern University, Evanston

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Behavior; Drivers; Traffic citations; Traffic courts; Traffic safety education
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223577
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 27 1971 12:00AM