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A Dynamic Driving Course for Military Personnel -Curriculum and Assessment Results
Technical Paper
2015-01-0130
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Driving skills and driving experience develop differently between a civilian and a military service member. Since 2000, the Department of Defense reports that two-thirds of non-related to war fatalities among active duty service members were due to transportation-related incidents. In addition, vehicle crashes are the leading non-related to war cause of both fatalities and serious injuries among active duty Marines. A pilot safe driving program for Marines was jointly developed by the Richard Petty Driving Experience and Clemson University Automotive Safety Research Institute. The pilot program includes four modules based on leading causes of vehicle crashes, and uses classroom and behind the wheel components to improve and reinforce safe driving skills and knowledge. The assessment results of this pilot program conducted with 192 Marines in September 2011 at Camp LeJeune, NC are presented and discussed. Participants showed an improvement of 9.7 points in overall knowledge, and in-vehicle skills were rated as “Nearly Proficient”.
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Rodriguez, J., Rogich, K., Pidgeon, P., Alexander, K. et al., "A Dynamic Driving Course for Military Personnel -Curriculum and Assessment Results," SAE Technical Paper 2015-01-0130, 2015, https://doi.org/10.4271/2015-01-0130.Also In
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