A RE-EVALUATION OF GROUP DRIVER IMPROVEMENT MEETINGS

AN EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF THE DRIVER IMPROVEMENT MEETING PROGRAM WAS UNDERTAKEN IN A CONTINUING EFFORT TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DRIVER CONTROL PROGRAMS WITHIN THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES. THE MEETING AND CONTROL SUBJECTS WERE PERSONS SELECTED FOR DRIVER IMPROVEMENT MEETINGS ON THE BASIS OF THEIR AREA OF RESIDENCE AND DRIVING RECORD. THE CRITERIA WERE THAT THEY HAD ACCUMULATED A TOTAL OF FOUR NEGLIGENT OPERATOR POINTS IN THE LAST YEAR AND HAD NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY CONTACTED BY DMV AS PART OF THE NEGLIGENT OPERATOR CONTROL PROGRAM. REGARDING ACCIDENTS, THE ONLY STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE AMONG ALL THE COMPARISONS WAS FOUND BETWEEN THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF PRIOR ACCIDENTS FOR THE MEETING AND CONTROL GROUP. AS FOR THE SUBSEQUENT DRIVING PERFORMANCE COMPARISONS, STATISTICAL TESTS INDICATED THAT ALL DIFFERENCES COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO CHANCE. NO DIFFERENCE IN THE PROGRAMS EFFECTIVENESS WAS FOUND BETWEEN SEXES. HOWEVER, THE PROGRAM APPEARS AN EFFECTIVE MEANS OF REDUCING TRAFFIC CONVICTIONS AMONG PERSONS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM.

• Record URL:
  http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1967/163/163-006.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 163, pp 120-131, 14 TAB, 10 REF, 1 APP Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Authors:
  • Marsh, W C
  • COPPIN, R S
  • Peck, R C
• Publication Date: 1967

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Monograph Title: Highway safety
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 163
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Driver improvement programs; Driver performance; Drivers; Evaluation; Negligence; Personnel performance; Reduction (Chemistry); Statistical analysis; Traffic citations
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver improvement effort; Reduction
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219903
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-000 708
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 20 1994 12:00AM