SUPPLEMENTAL DRIVER SAFETY PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT FINAL REPORT: VOLUME I, DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH AND EVALUATION

This report describes the preparation and evaluation of instructional modules designed to supplement driver education program experiences of young (16-18) drivers. The project was limited to examining five subjects critical to this audience: speed management, alcohol, restraint usage, hazard perception (pedestrian and cyclist hazards only), and energy-efficient driving. Research activities were conducted to determine what should be taught and how knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors should be communicated for maximum effectiveness. Ten instructional modules--3 in the area of alcohol, 4 on restraint usage, and 1 each in the other three content areas--were prepared. Modules were evaluated for their effectiveness. These tests indicated that the speeding module, the restraint modules, and an alcohol module focusing on the need to intervene when others are in drinking-driving situations were capable of improving behavior. The other two alcohol modules and the fuel-efficiency module demonstrated an ability to improve knowledge and attitudes, but failed to demonstrate a capacity to induce behavioral change. Behavioral improvement also was not observed in connection with the hazard perception module. In the final phase, the restraint modules were subjected for further evaluation, along with two other restraint programs developed outside this contract. Print materials developed within this project are presented in the second volume of this report.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Public Services Research Institute

  123 North Pitt Street
  Alexandria, VA  United States  22314

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • McPherson, K
  • McKnight, A J
  • Weidman, J R
• Publication Date: 1983-2

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 127 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Attitudes; Behavior; Driver education; Drivers; Driving; Drunk driving; Economic efficiency; Hazards; Knowledge; Manual safety belts; Measures of effectiveness; Speeding; Teenage drivers; Traffic safety education; Utilization
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness; Efficiency; Hazard perception
• Old TRIS Terms: Behavioral objectives
• Subject Areas: Economics; Education and Training; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00387715
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt., HS-806 471
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-9-02284
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 30 1984 12:00AM