CAN WE IMPROVE THE DRIVING TEST?

The article discusses the driving test now is use in Australia as a stylized routine allowing the testing officer to make a judgement about the competency of the applicant. However, it provides no evaluation of the degree of driving skill and no stable observational criteria to classify drivers as "good" or "bad". Even if it were modified it would not identify unsafe drivers. It is suggested that applicants be tested in terms of specified performance objectives. /Author/TRRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This article, was originally published in Australian Psychologist, 1975, Vol 10, No. 2, p 149.
• Corporate Authors:

  Taylor & Francis

  4 Park Square, Milton Park
  Abingdon,   United Kingdom  OX14 4RN
• Authors:
  • Newsome, L R
• Publication Date: 1976-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 392
• Serial:
  • Ergonomics Abstracts
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver examiners; Driver licenses; Driver performance; Drivers; Driving; Driving tests; Motor skills; Personnel performance; Standards
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ITRD Terms: 8006: Australia; 1772: Driver; 1571: Driver training; 1855: Driving (veh); 2226: Driving aptitude; 1582: Driving instructor; 1573: Driving test; 2205: Skill (road user); 2234: Stress (psychol)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00157481
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 8 1977 12:00AM