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video intervention in rural teen drivers |
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Written by Daniel V. McGehee
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Aug 18, 2007 at 03:08 PM |
Teen drivers are at high risk for car crashes, especially during their first year of licensure. Providing novice teen drivers and their parents with a means of identifying their good and bad driving maneuvers may help them learn more about how they drive. Those who are more risky may learn from their mistakes, thereby reducing their crash propensity. During the initial phase of learning, adult or parental supervision often provides such guidance. However, once teens obtain their license, adult supervision is no longer mandated, and teens are left to themselves to continue the learning process. This study is the first of its type to enhance this continued learning process using an event-triggered video device. By pairing this new technology with parental feedback in the form of a weekly video review and graphical report card, we extend parents’ ability to teach their teens even after they begin driving independently.
Twenty six 16- to 17-year-old drivers were recruited from a small U.S. Midwestern rural high school in Tiffin, Iowa (Clear Creek Amana High School). We equipped their vehicles with an event-triggered video device made by DriveCam, designed to capture 20-sec clips of the forward and cabin views whenever the vehicle exceeded lateral or longitudinal threshold accelerations. The first nine weeks established a within-subject baseline; no parental or system feedback was given during this time. After the nine-week baseline, feedback was provided to the participant in the form of a blinking LED light whenever the acceleration threshold was exceeded. In addition, teens and parents were sent a weekly summary of events relative to the study peer group that included video of safety-relevant events. The initial feedback intervention lasted for six months. |
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Last Updated ( Aug 18, 2007 at 03:09 PM )
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THE MOST COMMON DRIVING ERRORS |
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Written by Jim Rogenmoser
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Jul 19, 2007 at 05:34 PM |
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TEEN DRIVERS MAKE-NHTSA Statistical Analysis 1. Does the GPS tracking system deter the teen from driving at excessive speeds on residential streets that have a much lower speed limit than what was programmed into the GPS system? (see story below) 2. Does a GPS tracking system deter a teen driver from following a car too closely? 3. Does a GPS tracking system deter a teen driver from violating traffic signs and signals? 4. Does a GPS tracking system deter tell a teen driver from overtaking other vehicles in a risky manner? 5. Does a GPS tracking system deter a teen driver from weaving in and out of lanes? 6. Does a GPS tracking system motivate a teen driver to allow enough time to merge into traffic? 7. Does a GPS tracking system motivate a teen driver to yield to pedestrians? |
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Last Updated ( Jul 19, 2007 at 07:19 PM )
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How are your teens driving? |
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Written by Janie Porter, WTSP Tampa Bay's 10 news
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May 18, 2007 at 06:02 PM |
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They are young, distracted and they think they’re invincible. Most experts agree: teen drivers are dangerous. Conchita Canty-Jones may be a mother, but she’s not naïve. She works at the Kimbell Full Service Center, a branch of the Hillsborough county school district that’s devoted to working with parents. She also has a teenage daughter who just learned to drive. Canty-Jones wanted to know how 17-year-old Coco was doing, so she agreed to let Tampa Bay’s 10 install hidden cameras in the family’s Infiniti I-30. Tampa Bay’s 10 took the car to Privacy Electronics in Pinellas Park, where technicians installed 2 pin-sized cameras, one in each pillar on either side of the front window. |
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Last Updated ( May 18, 2007 at 06:21 PM )
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Consumer Reports tests two devices that monitor teen driving habits |
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Written by Consumer Reports
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May 13, 2007 at 06:01 PM |
 Consumer Reports tests two devices that monitor teen driving habits, focusing on pros, cons and privacy issues. 
Event Data Recorders (EDRs) are used in millions of vehicles to track things such as speed, safety-belt use, and air-bag deployment following a crash. Now, aftermarket EDRs are available that parents can install in their vehicle to track their teen's driving habits. We recently tested two, the CarChipE/X with Alarm ($199) from Davis Instruments and the RS-1000 from Road Safety International ($280). We found the RS-1000 to be the better, although more expensive, system. The safety risk of teen drivers |
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Last Updated ( Aug 18, 2007 at 03:17 PM )
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