Bruce G Simons-Morton1, Sheila G Klauer2, Marie Claude Ouimet3, Feng Guo4, Paul S Albert5, Suzanne E Lee2, Johnathon P Ehsani5, Anuj K Pradhan6, Thomas A Dingus2. 1. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 6100 Executive Blvd., Room 7B13M, Bethesda, MD, 20892-7510, USA. Electronic address: mortonb@mail.nih.gov. 2. Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA. 3. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 6100 Executive Blvd., Room 7B13M, Bethesda, MD, 20892-7510, USA; Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. 4. Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA; Department of Statistics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA. 5. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 6100 Executive Blvd., Room 7B13M, Bethesda, MD, 20892-7510, USA. 6. University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: This paper summarizes the findings on novice teenage driving outcomes (e.g., crashes and risky driving behaviors) from the Naturalistic Teenage Driving Study. METHOD: Survey and driving data from a data acquisition system (global positioning system, accelerometers, cameras) were collected from 42 newly licensed teenage drivers and their parents during the first 18 months of teenage licensure; stress responsivity was also measured in teenagers. RESULT: Overall teenage crash and near-crash (CNC) rates declined over time, but were >4 times higher among teenagers than adults. Contributing factors to teenage CNC rates included secondary task engagement (e.g., distraction), kinematic risky driving, low stress responsivity, and risky social norms. CONCLUSIONS: The data support the contention that the high novice teenage CNC risk is due both to inexperience and risky driving behavior, particularly kinematic risky driving and secondary task engagement. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS: Graduated driver licensing policy and other prevention efforts should focus on kinematic risky driving, secondary task engagement, and risky social norms.
INTRODUCTION: This paper summarizes the findings on novice teenage driving outcomes (e.g., crashes and risky driving behaviors) from the Naturalistic Teenage Driving Study. METHOD: Survey and driving data from a data acquisition system (global positioning system, accelerometers, cameras) were collected from 42 newly licensed teenage drivers and their parents during the first 18 months of teenage licensure; stress responsivity was also measured in teenagers. RESULT: Overall teenage crash and near-crash (CNC) rates declined over time, but were >4 times higher among teenagers than adults. Contributing factors to teenage CNC rates included secondary task engagement (e.g., distraction), kinematic risky driving, low stress responsivity, and risky social norms. CONCLUSIONS: The data support the contention that the high novice teenage CNC risk is due both to inexperience and risky driving behavior, particularly kinematic risky driving and secondary task engagement. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS: Graduated driver licensing policy and other prevention efforts should focus on kinematic risky driving, secondary task engagement, and risky social norms.
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