DRIVER EDUCATION IN THE SCHOOLS

THE HISTORY IS BRIEFLY REVIEWED OF DRIVER EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS. TODAY, HIGH SCHOOL DRIVER EDUCATION COURSES FOCUS PRIMARILY ON SAFE HIGHWAY USE AS A DRIVER, PEDESTRIAN AND PASSENGER. MINIMUM TIME REQUIREMENTS CALL FOR 30 HOURS OF CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION AND SIX HOURS OF PRACTICE DRIVING IN A LABORATORY SETTING. PROS AND CONS ARE PRESENTED OF HIGH SCHOOL DRIVER EDUCATION. COMMERCIAL DRIVER TRAINING SCHOOLS ARE DESCRIBED. STUDIES MADE SUPPORT THE POSITION THAT THOSE COMPLETING A HIGH SCHOOL DRIVER EDUCATION COURSE EXPERIENCE FEWER ACCIDENTS AND/OR ARE CONVICTED OF FEWER VIOLATIONS THAN THEIR AGE-MATES NOT COMPLETING SUCH AN INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM. IN LITTLE MORE THAN THREE DECADES, HIGH SCHOOL DRIVER EDUCATION HAS GROWN FROM A SINGLE-PURPOSE EXPERIMENTAL COURSE OFFERED IN ONE PUBLIC SCHOOL, TO A MULTI-FACETED PROGRAM CONSIDERED PART OF THE REGULAR CURRICULUM IN NEARLY 14,000 PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IN ADDITION TO THE OBVIOUS GOAL OF A COMPETENT MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATOR, ANOTHER IMPORTANT AND LONG-RANGE OBJECTIVE IS THAT OF RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP, BOTH IN RELATION TO TRAFFIC AND IN THE LARGER SOCIETAL SETTING. SIMULATION AND THE MULTIPLE-CAR METHOD ARE THE MOST PROMINENT DEVELOPMENTS IN DRIVER TRAINING. FEDERAL FUNDING IS AIDING DRIVER EDUCATION IN THE SCHOOLS TODAY.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 2, 30 Pp, PHOTS, 40 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Asf Monitor

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• Publication Date: 1969-10

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Driver performance; Driver training; Drivers; High schools; Highway safety; Personnel performance
• Old TRIS Terms: Commercial
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220652
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 24 1970 12:00AM