Other - Media Brief
UI Study Finds Significant Shifts Occurring in Distracted Teen Driving
University of Iowa
10/2016
Abstract
Teens crash at a much higher rate than adults, with distractions found as a factor in nearly six out of ten moderate-to-severe teen driver crashes. In the largest naturalistic study of teen driver crashes to date, vehicle safety researchers at the University of Iowa analyzed thousands of naturalistic driving video and audio clips to identify the types of crashes teens are most frequently involved in, along with the distractions or activities competing for their attention. The results showed significant shifts in certain distracted driving behaviors, including increases in rear-end crashes associated with teens operating/looking at cell phones. New technologies like automatic emergency braking will help reduce or prevent these crashes in the future.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- UI Study Finds Significant Shifts Occurring in Distracted Teen Driving
- Creators
- Cher Carney - University of IowaDaniel V. McGehee - University of IowaKarisa Harland - University of IowaMadonna Weiss - University of IowaMireille Raby - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Other
- Resource Sub-type
- Media Brief
- Publisher
- University of Iowa
- Number of pages
- 2 pages
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2016 University of Iowa
- Comment
- Media Brief.
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/2016
- Academic Unit
- Occupational and Environmental Health; Iowa Technology Institute; Epidemiology; Emergency Medicine; Industrial and Systems Engineering; Center for Social Science Innovation; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive); Law Faculty
- Record Identifier
- 9983557326102771
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