UTILIZING DECISION RULES IN DRIVER IMPROVEMENT INTERVIEWS

THIS STUDY DEVELOPS DECISION RULES FOR DETERMINING THE POST-INTERVIEW CONTROL ACTION TO USE AS THE RESULT OF AN INTERVIEW WITH A PROBLEM DRIVER. FIVE FACTORS ARE EVALUATED BY THE DRIVER IMPROVEMENT ANALYST TO DETERMINE A FACTOR PROFILE FOR EACH DRIVER. THE FIVE FACTORS ARE: (1) ACCIDENT POTENTIAL, (2) ABILITY TO ADJUST, (3) IDENTIFICATION OF THE DRIVING PROBLEM, (4) WILLINGNESS TO TRY CORRECTIVE MEASURES, AND (5) PATTERN VIOLATIONS. TO AID IN OBTAINING A UNIFORM EVALUATION, GUIDELINES ARE DEVELOPED FOR EACH FACTOR. A DECISION BY THE DEPARTMENT ON THE POST-INTERVIEW CONTROL ACTION HAS BEEN PREDETERMINED FOR EACH FACTOR PROFILE. THE ANALYST COMPARES THE PROFILE HE HAS DEVELOPED WITH THE CHART OF DECISION RULES TO DETERMINE WHICH ACTION TO USE. TWO ADVANTAGES OF THESE PROCEDURES ARE: (1) THE RESPONSIBLITY IN THE INTERVIEW IS WELL DEFINED. THE ANALYST IS RESONSIBLE FOR THE EVALUATION PHASE OF THE INTERVIEW, WHILE THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DECISION PHASE, AND (2) THE DECISION RULE PROCEDURE RELEASES THE ANALYST TO CONCENTRATE EFFORT ON THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT PHASES OF THE INTERVIEW. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Report No 005, 5 PP, 1 TAB
• Corporate Authors:

  Washington State Department of Motor Vehicles

  Olympia, WA  United States  98501
• Authors:
  • Crancer, A
  • Kirk, D T
• Publication Date: 1967-5

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decision making; Driver improvement programs; Drivers; Interviewing; Problem drivers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver improvement; Driver interviews
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222927
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 8 1994 12:00AM