THE STABILITY OF DRIVING RECORD OVER TIME
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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Supplemental Notes:
- Vol 2, No 1, PP 57-65, 8 TAB, 9 PHOT, 7 REF
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Corporate Authors:
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA United States -
Authors:
- BURG, A
- Publication Date: 1970-5
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crash investigation; Crashes; Driver improvement programs; Driver performance; Drivers; Driving; Females; Human characteristics; Knowledge; Males; Personnel performance; Prevention; Reliability; Safety; Traffic citations; Traffic conviction; Traffic safety
- Uncontrolled Terms: Convictions; Driver characteristics; Driver improvement; Experience
- Old TRIS Terms: Female drivers; Male drivers
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00223413
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 25 1971 12:00AM