YOUTHFUL DRIVERS AS A SPECIAL SAFETY PROBLEM
THIS IS A REVIEW OF THE RESEARCH LITERATURE PERTAINING TO DRIVERS AGED 15-24. IT IS ORGANIZED INTO 14 SECTIONS: (1) THE GROSS RECORD; (2) EXPOSURE; (3) EXPERIENCE AND YOUTHFULNESS VS. AGE; (4) SEX; (5) VIOLATIONS; (6) ALCOHOL; (7) DRUGS; (8) MOTORCYCLES; (9) CRIME; (10) TYPES OF ACCIDENTS CHARACTERISTIC OF YOUNG DRIVERS; (11) CARS AND SCHOLASTIC WORK; (12) PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS; (13) BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS; AND (14) DRIVER EDUCATION. THE SUMMARY AND SUGGESTIONS SECTION PROPOSE A DIAGNOSTIC-REMEDIAL APPROACH TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED PROGRAMS OF DRIVER PREPARATION, DRIVER LICENSING AND DRIVER IMPROVEMENT. A PROBABILISTIC RATIONALE IS ADVOCATED, IN CONTRAST WITH THE TRADITIONAL CORRELATIONAL MODEL. IT IS SHOWN THAT THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF CORRELATION AS A METHOD OF ANALYSIS WHEN ONE OF THE TWO VARIABLES IS NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS CAN OBSCURE PRECISELY THE INFORMATION THAT IS NEEDED. /AUTHOR/
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Corporate Authors:
Pergamon Press, Incorporated
Headington Hill Hall
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Authors:
- Goldstein, L G
- Publication Date: 1972-9
Media Info
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 153-89
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Serial:
- Accident Analysis & Prevention
- Volume: 4
- Issue Number: 3
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 0001-4575
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Adolescents; Age; Crash types; Driver licensing; Driver training; Drivers; Drugs; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Gender; Human characteristics; Motorcycles; Safety; Schools; Teenage drivers
- Uncontrolled Terms: Driver characteristics; Violations
- Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00224081
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: HS-011 362
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Nov 28 1972 12:00AM