Young drivers, risky driving and peer influence

2018 ◽  
pp. 528-535
Keyword(s):  
Peer Influence ◽  
Risky Driving ◽  
Young Drivers

scholarly journals Rethinking Cell Phone Use While Driving: Isolated Risk Behavior or a Pattern of Risk-Taking Associated with Impulsivity in Young Drivers?

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 5640
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Walshe ◽  
Flaura K. Winston ◽  
Dan Romer
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Cell Phone ◽  
General Pattern ◽  
The United States ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Risky Driving ◽  
Safe Driving ◽  
Cell Phone Use ◽  
Young Drivers ◽  
Related Personality

This study examines whether cell phone use stands apart from a general pattern of risky driving practices associated with crashes and impulsivity-related personality traits in young drivers. A retrospective online survey study recruited 384 young drivers from across the United States using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk to complete a survey measuring risky driving practices (including cell phone use), history of crashes, and impulsivity-related personality traits. Almost half (44.5%) of the drivers reported being involved in at least one crash, and the majority engaged in cell phone use while driving (up to 73%). Factor analysis and structural equation modeling found that cell phone use loaded highly on a latent factor with other risky driving practices that were associated with prior crashes (b = 0.15, [95% CI: 0.01, 0.29]). There was also an indirect relationship between one form of impulsivity and crashes through risky driving (b = 0.127, [95% CI: 0.01, 0.30]). Additional analyses did not find an independent contribution to crashes for frequent cell phone use. These results suggest a pattern of risky driving practices associated with impulsivity in young drivers, indicating the benefit of exploring a more comprehensive safe driving strategy that includes the avoidance of cell phone use as well as other risky practices, particularly for young drivers with greater impulsive tendencies.

scholarly journals Identifying Interactive Factors That May Increase Crash Risk Between Young Drivers and Trucks: A Narrative Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 6506
Author(s):  
Melissa R. Freire ◽  
Cassandra Gauld ◽  
Angus McKerral ◽  
Kristen Pammer
Keyword(s):  
Review Literature ◽  
Narrative Review ◽  
Crash Risk ◽  
Risky Driving ◽  
Vehicle Performance ◽  
Young Driver ◽  
Young Drivers ◽  
Safety Research ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Performance Limitations

Sharing the road with trucks is associated with increased risk of serious injury and death for passenger vehicle drivers. However, the onus for minimising risk lies not just with truck drivers; other drivers must understand the unique performance limitations of trucks associated with stopping distances, blind spots, and turning manoeuverability, so they can suitably act and react around trucks. Given the paucity of research aimed at understanding the specific crash risk vulnerability of young drivers around trucks, the authors employ a narrative review methodology that brings together evidence from both truck and young driver road safety research domains, as well as data regarding known crash risks for each driving cohort, to gain a comprehensive understanding of what young drivers are likely to know about heavy vehicle performance limitations, where there may be gaps in their understanding, and how this could potentially increase crash risk. We then review literature regarding the human factors affecting young drivers to understand how perceptual immaturity and engagement in risky driving behaviours are likely to compound risk regarding both the frequency and severity of collision between trucks and young drivers. Finally, we review current targeted educational initiatives and suggest that simply raising awareness of truck limitations is insufficient. We propose that further research is needed to ensure initiatives aimed at increasing young driver awareness of trucks and truck safety are evidence-based, undergo rigorous evaluation, and are delivered in a way that aims to (i) increase young driver risk perception skills, and (ii) reduce risky driving behaviour around trucks.

scholarly journals Do Young Drivers Become Safer After Being Involved in a Collision?

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 407-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fearghal O’Brien ◽  
Joe Bible ◽  
Danping Liu ◽  
Bruce G. Simons-Morton
Keyword(s):  
Negative Experience ◽  
Risky Driving ◽  
Video Cameras ◽  
Time Points ◽  
Acceleration Level ◽  
Young Drivers ◽  
Comparable Time

As drivers age, their risk of being involved in a car collision decreases. The present study investigated if this trend is due, in part, to some risky drivers having a collision early in their driving lives and subsequently reducing their risky driving after that negative experience. Accelerometers and video cameras were installed in the vehicles of 16- to 17-year-old drivers ( N = 254), allowing coders to measure the number of g-force events (i.e., events in which a threshold acceleration level was exceeded) per 1,000 miles and the number of collisions. Among the 41 participants who experienced a severe collision, the rate of g-force events dropped significantly in the 1st month after the collision, remained unchanged for the 2nd month, and increased significantly in the 3rd month. There were no changes in the rate of g-force events at comparable time points for the drivers not involved in a collision. Being involved in a collision led to a decrease in risky driving, but this may have been a temporary effect.

Study of risk inclusion among noncommercial transport drivers in the Russian Federation

2021 ◽  
pp. 39-42
Author(s):  
A.S. Popov
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Accident ◽  
Older Drivers ◽  
Risk Averse ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Risk Propensity ◽  
Risky Driving ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Young Drivers ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Risk Takers

The article presents the results of the research conducted by the authors. The aim of the work is to study the risk propensity among two age categories of drivers of non-commercial transport: from 18 to 25 years and older than 25 years. As part of this goal, a survey of drivers was conducted: 200 young people aged 18-25 years and 100 drivers of the age category over 25 years. The questionnaire included the following gradation: too cautious, average value, risk-averse. The majority of young drivers surveyed (82 %) have average values, but the number of drivers who are prone to risk is high (15 %). Moreover, all drivers who are prone to risk are in the age group from 18 to 21 years. Among older drivers, the proportion of risk-takers is much lower — 6 %, too cautious — 22 %, and have average values —72 %. The study found that the proportion of risk-averse young drivers is 2.5 times higher than that of older drivers. Keywords: driver, risky driving, traffic accident

scholarly journals The sex disparity in risky driving: A survey of Colombian young drivers

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oscar Oviedo-Trespalacios ◽  
Bridie Scott-Parker
Keyword(s):  
Risky Driving ◽  
Young Drivers ◽  
Sex Disparity

scholarly journals Processes of a Transformation of Young Drivers’ Responsibility for Health—Carpe Diem

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 3634
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Kulik ◽  
Natalia Kajka ◽  
Monika Dacka
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Health Behaviours ◽  
Risky Behaviour ◽  
Risky Driving ◽  
Life Orientation ◽  
The Road ◽  
Young Drivers ◽  
On The Road ◽  
Multidimensional Health ◽  
Carpe Diem

Research most often deals with the relationship between risky behaviour on the road and other aspects of young adults’ lifestyle. It is rare that the sense of responsibility for one’s own life and health and for that of other people on the road is understood, due to the limitation of perceptual data. In this study, we researched 198 young adults (M = 19.75; SD = 1.11) using the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control, the Inventory of Health Behaviours, the Criteria of Health List and a student health survey. The chance of risky driving will increase by 50.7% among young adults as their understanding of health as a state increases. On the other hand, when young people feel that others are responsible for their lives, the likelihood of risky driving will drop by 6.4%. The hedonistic life orientation of a young adult had a significant impact on the results obtained which was connected with their understanding of health.

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