MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF SAFETY MEASURES FOR NEW DRIVERS

Following a consultation paper issued by the Secretary of State for Transport in summer 1993, four new measures were introduced to improve the safety of new drivers. These were pre-driver education (a pre-driver education package 'Drive' for schools and colleges was launched in 1996), theory testing (introduced in 1996), post-test training (Pass Plus was launched in 1995), and the re-testing of novice drivers who offend (the Road Traffic New Drivers Act, 1995 came into force in 1997). TRL was contracted by then DETR to monitor and evaluate each of these new safety measures. The research showed limited evidence for small beneficial effects on young drivers' attitudes, behaviour, driver knowledge and offense rates.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)

  Wokingham, Berkshire  United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • SIMPSON, H
  • CHINN, L
  • Stone, J
  • Elliott, M
  • Knowles, J
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 34 p.
• Serial:
  • TRL Report
  • Publisher: TRL
  • ISSN: 0968-4107

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Behavior; Driver education; Evaluation; Knowledge; Monitoring; Novices; Recently qualified drivers; Safety programs; Testing; Traffic safety; Traffic violations; Young adults
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00924827
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: TRL Report TRL525
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: May 13 2002 12:00AM