YOUTHFUL DRIVERS AS A SPECIAL SAFETY PROBLEM

THIS IS A REVIEW OF THE RESEARCH LITERATURE PERTAINING TO DRIVERS AGED 15-24. IT IS ORGANIZED INTO 14 SECTIONS: (1) THE GROSS RECORD; (2) EXPOSURE; (3) EXPERIENCE AND YOUTHFULNESS VS. AGE; (4) SEX; (5) VIOLATIONS; (6) ALCOHOL; (7) DRUGS; (8) MOTORCYCLES; (9) CRIME; (10) TYPES OF ACCIDENTS CHARACTERISTIC OF YOUNG DRIVERS; (11) CARS AND SCHOLASTIC WORK; (12) PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS; (13) BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS; AND (14) DRIVER EDUCATION. THE SUMMARY AND SUGGESTIONS SECTION PROPOSE A DIAGNOSTIC-REMEDIAL APPROACH TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED PROGRAMS OF DRIVER PREPARATION, DRIVER LICENSING AND DRIVER IMPROVEMENT. A PROBABILISTIC RATIONALE IS ADVOCATED, IN CONTRAST WITH THE TRADITIONAL CORRELATIONAL MODEL. IT IS SHOWN THAT THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF CORRELATION AS A METHOD OF ANALYSIS WHEN ONE OF THE TWO VARIABLES IS NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS CAN OBSCURE PRECISELY THE INFORMATION THAT IS NEEDED. /AUTHOR/

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  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

  Headington Hill Hall
  Oxford OX30BW,    
• Authors:
  • Goldstein, L G
• Publication Date: 1972-9

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 153-89
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Age; Crash types; Driver licensing; Driver training; Drivers; Drugs; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Gender; Human characteristics; Motorcycles; Safety; Schools; Teenage drivers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver characteristics; Violations
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224081
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-011 362
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 28 1972 12:00AM