Teen Unsafe Driving Behaviors: Focus Group Final Report

The National Organization for Youth Safety (NOYS) has been working with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to identify strategies for counteracting dangerous driving behaviors among teenage motorists and passengers. A project was developed to support these efforts and a steering committee was convened. Among the suggestions of the steering committee was that focus groups should be conducted. The purpose of this document is to summarize the results of these focus groups and to discuss the implications of these results for NHTSA's youth programs. The following topics are addressed: Methodology; Summary of Responses by Group; Findings by Program Area (Driver licensing, Impaired driving, Enforcement, Safety belt use, Speed, Distracted driving, and Drowsy driving); Message and Delivery System Recommendations; and Additional Thoughts on the Teenage Brain. Appendices contain (A) Focus Group Screener, (B) Focus Group Questions, and (C) Summary of Final Working Group Meeting.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

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  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2006-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Appendices;
• Pagination: 87p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Distraction; Driver licensing; Drowsiness; Drunk driving; Focus groups; Law enforcement; Seat belt use; Seat belts; Speeding; Teenage drivers
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01095546
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-810 670
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 25 2008 1:50PM