AN EVALUATION OF THE TEXAS DRIVER IMPROVEMENT TRAINING PROGRAM

A major problem currently confronting law enforcement agencies is the assessment of the effectiveness of various driver improvement activities. The objectives of this research were to evaluate the effect of the Texas Department of Public Safety driver improvement training program on driving record and to develop a technique for predicting reduction in accident and violation frequencies for the 12-month period following training. The results of this study indicated that the training program has a significant effect on accident and violation frequencies for selected groups. It was also found that it is possible to construct an equation that will predict with some accuracy, reduction in the number of accidents and violations for a 12-month period following training. /Author/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Human Factors Society

  Johns Hopkins University Press
  Baltimore, MD  United States  21218
• Authors:
  • Edwards, M L
  • Ellis, N C
• Publication Date: 1976-8

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 327-333
• Serial:
  • Human Factors
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0018-7208
  • EISSN: 1547-8181
  • Serial URL: http://hfs.sagepub.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Driver improvement programs; Driver records; Law enforcement; Prevention; Safety; Traffic violators
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver improvement effort
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00141783
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Safety Council Safety Research Info Serv
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-191-3-759, DOT-HS-045-1-061, 98541
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1977 12:00AM