Journal article
Extending parental mentoring using an event-triggered video intervention in rural teen drivers
Journal of safety research, Vol.38(2), pp.215-227
2007
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2007.02.009
PMID: 17478192
Abstract
Teen drivers are at high risk for car crashes, especially during their first years of licensure. Providing novice teen drivers and their parents with a means of identifying their risky driving maneuvers may help them 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. We equipped their vehicles with an event-triggered video device, designed to capture 20-sec clips of the forward and cabin views whenever the vehicle exceeded lateral or forward threshold accelerations. Preliminary findings suggest that combining this emerging technology with parental weekly review of safety-relevant incidents resulted in a significant decrease in events for the more at-risk teen drivers. Implications for how such an intervention could be implemented within GDL are also discussed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Extending parental mentoring using an event-triggered video intervention in rural teen drivers
- Creators
- Daniel V McGehee - University of IowaMireille Raby - University of IowaCher Carney - University of IowaJohn D Lee - University of IowaMichelle L Reyes - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of safety research, Vol.38(2), pp.215-227
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jsr.2007.02.009
- PMID
- 17478192
- NLM abbreviation
- J Safety Res
- ISSN
- 0022-4375
- eISSN
- 1879-1247
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2007
- Academic Unit
- Occupational and Environmental Health; Emergency Medicine; Driving Safety Research Institute; Industrial and Systems Engineering; Center for Social Science Innovation; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984187064402771
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