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Assessment of a Safe Driving Program for Novice Operators
Technical Paper
2013-01-0441
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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A safe driver program has been established through a public-private partnership. This program targets novice drivers and uses a combination of classroom and in-vehicle training exercises to address critical driver errors known to lead to crashes. Students participate in four modules: braking to learn proper stopping technique, obstacle avoidance / reaction time to facilitate proper lane selection and collision avoidance, tailgating to learn about following distances, and loss of control to react appropriately when a vehicle is about to become laterally unstable. Knowledge pre and posttests are also administered at the start and end of the program. Students' in-vehicle driving performance are evaluated by instructors as well as recorded by onboard data acquisition units. The data has been evaluated with objective and subjective grading rubrics. The 70 participants in three classes used as a case study achieved an average skill score of 83.93/100. This score translates into a nearly proficient skill rating upon completion of the program. The combined classes' knowledge scores increased more than 20 points from an average of 59.4% on the pretest to 81.5% on the posttest.
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Clark, L., Pidgeon, P., Alexander, K., Rogich, K. et al., "Assessment of a Safe Driving Program for Novice Operators," SAE Technical Paper 2013-01-0441, 2013, https://doi.org/10.4271/2013-01-0441.Also In
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