A MULTVARIATE STUDY OF OBJECTIVELY MEASURED DRIVER PERFORMANCE FACTORS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS (USING A HIGHWAY SYSTEMS RESEARCH CAR)

THE PURPOSES OF THE STUDY WERE TO DEVELOP AN OBJECTIVE INDEX OF THE EFFICIENCY OF HIGH SCHOOL DRIVER PERFORMANCE AND TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF THE DRIVING TASK AS PERFORMED BY 85 NOVICE DRIVERS, MEASURED BY THE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION. THE DATA OBTAINED WERE ANALYZED THROUGH FACTOR ANALYTIC AND MULTIPLE REGRESSION TREATMENTS. TWO FACTOR VECTORS WERE SELECTED TO SERVE AS CRITERIA FOR LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS. DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES INCLUDING DRIVER EXPERIENCE, THE HIGH SCHOOL AT WHICH INSTRUCTION WAS RECEIVED, DRIVER SEX, THE DRIVER EDUCATION INSTRUCTOR, STUDENT'S EXPERIENCE WITH TRUCKS, MOTORCYCLES, OR TRACTORS, AND THE INTERACTION BETWEEN DRIVER SEX AND DRIVER MILEAGE, WERE NOT EFFECTIVE IN PREDICTING THE CONTROL INPUT RATE FACTOR SCORES WHEN USED IN A LINEAR COMBINATION. DRIVER SEX EFFECTIVELY PREDICTED THE VEHICLE SPEED FACTOR SCORE INDEPENDENTLY OF THE LINEAR COMBINATION. THE FACTOR SCORES FOR EACH OF THE SUBJECTS PROVIDED A READY MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION FOR INDIVIDUAL EVALUATION PURPOSES.

• Corporate Authors:

  Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

  Safety Center
  Carbondale, IL  United States  62901
• Authors:
  • Aaron, J E
  • Lindauer, L B
• Publication Date: 1972-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 96 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver performance; Driver training; Drivers; High schools; Human characteristics; Mathematical models; Performance tests; Personnel performance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver characteristics; Models
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00228384
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 11 2002 12:00AM