South Australia's Driver Intervention Program: Participant Characteristics, Best Practice Discussion and Literature Review

The Driver Intervention Program (DIP) is a 90-minute interactive small group workshop that aims to address the over representation of young drivers in crashes by confronting them with the potential risk and consequences of road trauma. Any driver aged 25 years and under who has breached the conditions of their South Australian Learner’s Permit or Provisional Licence, and has been subsequently disqualified from driving, is required to attend. In the present report, the operation, content and program delivery of the DIP was compared to programs elsewhere that have similar aims. Methodological limitations are acknowledged. Results are given of a survey of personality characteristics and driving related attitudes of a sample of DIP participants, and a comparison is made with those of other young South Australian drivers (University students). DIP participants were found to be personally well adjusted and not very different from the students. However, there were differences on some measures related to aggression. Finally, key findings from the literature review and the psychological profile of DIP participants are brought together and discussed in terms of potential future directions for the DIP.

• Record URL:
  • http://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/2440/36421/1/CASR021.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  University of Adelaide

  Centre for Automotive Safety Research (CASR)
  Adelaide, South Australia  Australia  5005

  South Australia Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure

  P. O. Box 1
  Walkerville, South Australia  Australia  5081
• Authors:
  • Wundersitz, L N
  • Hutchinson, T P
• Publication Date: 2006-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Appendices; References;
• Pagination: 54p
• Serial:
  • Report of: Centre for Automotive Safety Research
  • Publisher: University of Adelaide
  • ISSN: 1449-2237

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aggression; Attitudes; Best practices; Countermeasures; Crash risk forecasting; Drivers; Future; Graduated licensing; Highway safety; Literature reviews; Personality; Retraining; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety; Traffic violators; Young adults
• Uncontrolled Terms: Intervention
• Geographic Terms: South Australia
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01036341
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1920947191
• Report/Paper Numbers: CASR021
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Oct 27 2006 8:15AM