EVALUATION OF NEW COURSE SYLLABUS FOR SKID TRAINING

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After a debate which had been initiated because of negative effects shown by research results, ie that drivers had a greater number of accidents after completion of skid training, on 1 July 1999 a new course syllabus was introduced for skid training in Sweden. A research programme from VTI had proposed a new approach, with the emphasis on teaching pupils risk awareness instead of how to handle critical situations. Introduction of the new course syllabus was accompanied by an evaluation, with a before-measurement in 1996 and an after-measurement in 1999-2001. The aim of this evaluation was to describe the process which resulted in the new course syllabus being put into effect, and to evaluate the new course syllabus in terms of how the training content, message and implementation had been altered. In order to find how these aims had been satisfied, a package of five studies was carried out; a process description, a content analysis, an observation study, and two interview studies. In order that the results may be comparable between the two measurement events, the results were divided into three categories; skill (dealing with a critical situation that had already arisen), judgement (preventing the occurrence of a critical situation) and knowledge of vehicle and road characteristics (an understanding of how the characteristics of the vehicle and the road surface influence the driving situation). The course syllabus was developed by the Swedish Road Administration and the affected organisations (TOEP, Skidcar [Federation of Swedish Skid Tracks], STR and TR [Associations of Swedish Driving Schools]), and all the parties are pleased with the process, even though not all wishes had been satisfied. The results also show that this approach to skid training is the right one. While training had previously mostly concentrated on developing driving skill, it is now concerned with developing judgement, which agrees with the aspirations of the course syllabus. Distribution between the three categories has become more even, and work is still being done at the skid tracks in Sweden on changing over to the new course syllabus. (A)

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  Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)

  Linköping,   Sweden  SE-581 95
• Authors:
  • ENGSTROEM, I
  • NYBERG, A
  • GREGERSEN, N P
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 81p+a p.
• Serial:
  • VTI Rapport
  • Issue Number: 472
  • Publisher: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
  • ISSN: 0347-6030

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abilities; Before and after studies; Driver training; Drivers; Driving; Evaluation and assessment; Judgment (Human characteristics); Knowledge; Motor skills; Skidding
• ITRD Terms: 9148: Before and after study; 2209: Comprehension; 2248: Decision process; 1571: Driver training; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 1645: Skidding; 2205: Skill (road user)
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00934713
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 4 2002 12:00AM