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Crash risk factors associated with injury severity of teen drivers

open access: yesIATSS Research, 2019
This paper focuses on identifying crash risk factors associated with injury severity of teen drivers. Crash data obtained from the Highway Safety and Information System (HSIS) for the entire state of North Carolina, for years 2011 to 2013, was used for ...
Venkata R. Duddu   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Investigating fatal and injury crash patterns of teen drivers with unsupervised learning algorithms

open access: yesIATSS Research, 2021
Teenagers have been emphasized as a critical driver population class because of their overrepresentation in fatal and injury crashes. The conventional parametric approaches rest on few predefined assumptions, which might not always be valid considering ...
Md Mahmud Hossain   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Survey explores teen driving behavior in Central Valley, Los Angeles high schools

open access: yesCalifornia Agriculture, 2009
Teenage drivers, particularly new drivers, have higher crash rates than adults. We surveyed 2,144 teenage drivers in California about their driving practices, factors influencing driving behavior, and views on driver education and resources. Teens wanted
R Carlos   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Factor Identification and Prediction for Teen Driver Crash Severity Using Machine Learning: A Case Study

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2020
Crashes among young and inexperienced drives are a major safety problem in the United States, especially in an area with large rural road networks, such as West Texas. Rural roads present many unique safety concerns that are not fully explored.
Ciyun Lin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

What, Who, and When? The Perceptions That Young Drivers and Parents Have of Driving Simulators for Use in Driver Education

open access: yesSafety, 2020
Driver education providers may utilise technologies such as driving simulators to augment their existing courses. Understanding the perceptions that young drivers and parents have of simulators may help to make simulator-based driver education more ...
David Rodwell   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

App-based feedback on safety to novice drivers: learning and monetary incentives [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
An over-proportionally large number of car crashes is caused by novice drivers. In a field experiment, we investigated whether and how car drivers who had recently obtained their driving license reacted to app-based feedback on their safety-relevant ...
Mürmann, Alexander   +2 more
core   +1 more source

The Teen Driver [PDF]

open access: yesPediatrics, 2006
Motor vehicle–related injuries to adolescents continue to be of paramount importance to society. Since the original policy statement on the teenaged driver was published in 1996, there have been substantial changes in many state laws and much new research on this topic.
openaire   +2 more sources

Technology and teen drivers [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Safety Research, 2007
The rapid evolution of computing, communication, and sensor technology is likely to affect young drivers more than others. The distraction potential of infotainment technology stresses the same vulnerabilities that already lead young drivers to crash more frequently than other drivers. Cell phones, text messaging, MP3 players, and other nomadic devices
openaire   +2 more sources

Parents’ Views of a Classroom and Closed-Road Post-License Driving Program for Teen Drivers, Guard Your Life

open access: yesSafety, 2020
In the US, teenage drivers have an increased risk of being involved in crashes. To address this, post-license advanced driving programs have emerged.
Lauren Mims   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effect of a startle-based warning, age, sex, and secondary task on takeover actions in critical autonomous driving scenarios

open access: yesFrontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2023
Introduction: In highly autonomous driving scenarios, it is critical to identify strategies to accelerate reaction times since drivers may take too long to take over control of the vehicle.
M. Griffith   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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