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Paper Title:
The effectiveness of
driver training as a road safety measure: An international review
of the literature
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Authors:
Ron Christie
Abstract:
There is continuing public
and media debate in Australia and overseas about the worth of driver
training for car drivers as a means of improving driver behaviour
and reducing road crash involvement. Calls for increased or compulsory
training are often heard when the road toll is on the rise in a
particular jurisdiction. In view of this there is a need for road
safety professionals, and the public at large, to be well informed
about the merits and effectiveness of such training as a crash countermeasure.
In April 2001, the Royal
Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV) engaged Dr Ron Christie of RCSC
Services Pty Ltd to prepare a report summarising the effectiveness
of driver training for the drivers of motor cars. RACV has been
concerned for some time about communicating accurate information
to the community about the effectiveness of driver training. The
review was to be completed by the end of June 2001.
The purpose of this project
was to produce an up-to-date review document that clearly stated
the findings of Australian and international research about the
effectiveness of driver training for learner drivers, young/newly
licensed drivers and experienced drivers. The review was also to
include evidence of effective programs, or of approaches to driver
education and/or training that may not have been evaluated, but
are based on sound research.
When completed, RACV
intends to disseminate this information widely via the publication
of the report. Presentation of a summary paper to the 2001 Road
Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference was viewed as
a means of communicating the results of an extensive review of the
published literature on the efficacy of driver training to those
working in the road safety field.
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