FILMED BEHAVIORS AS A CRITERION FOR SAFE DRIVING. FINAL REPORT

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CRITERION MEASURE OF SAFE DRIVING BASED UPON OBSERVATIONS OF ON-THE-STREET BEHAVIORS IS STUDIED. BEHAVIORAL SCORES DERIVED FROM MOTION PICTURES TAKEN FROM A FOLLOWING VEHICLE WITHOUT THE FILMED DRIVERS' KNOWLEDGE ARE COMPARED WITH OFFICIAL DRIVING RECORDS COVERING AN EIGHT-YEAR PERIOD. RESULTS FROM PERSONAL INTERVIEWS ARE ALSO COMPARED WITH THE OFFICIAL EIGHT-YEAR RECORD. SCORES DERIVED FROM THE FIVE-MINUTE SAMPLES OF OBSERVED STREET BEHAVIORS ARE USED TO PREDICT ACCIDENT EXPERIENCE OVER TWO, FOUR-YEAR PERIODS. CORRELATIONS BETWEEN ACTUAL EXPERIENCE FROM PERIOD TO PERIOD AND BETWEEN OBSERVED STREET ERRORS AND ACCIDENTS ARE ABOUT AT THE LEVEL OBTAINED IN PREVIOUS STUDIES. HOWEVER, OTHER METHODS OF PREDICTIVE GROUPING LED TO PREDICTIVE ACCURACY EXCEEDING SIXTY PERCENT SO THAT THE SCORES ARE USEFUL FOR SOME PURPOSES. IN GENERAL, RESULTS WERE INSUFFICIENTLY DEFINITIVE TO WARRANT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGES IN LICENSING OR LAW ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES OR FOR USE OF THE FILMED TECHNIQUE AS A DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE. THEY DID APPEAR TO BE POTENTIALLY USEFUL FOR TRAINING DRIVERS TO ANTICIPATE THE BEHAVIORS OF OTHER DRIVERS /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 51 Pp, 18 TAB
• Corporate Authors:

  Health Systems Agency of South Florida, Inc

  3050 Biscayne Boulevard
  Miami, FL  United States  33137
• Authors:
  • Edwards, D S
  • Hahn, C P
• Publication Date: 1970-2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Driver licensing; Driver training; Drivers; Driving; Highway safety; Law enforcement; Motion pictures; Truck tractors
• Uncontrolled Terms: Criteria
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221059
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 3 1970 12:00AM