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- Gregersen, Nils. P., et al.
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Sixteen years age limit for learner drivers in Sweden : an evaluation of safety effects
- 2000
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Ingår i: Accident Analysis and Prevention. - 0001-4575. ; 32:1, s. 25-35
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Through a reform implemented in Sweden, September 1993, the age limit for practising car driving was lowered from 17½ to 16 years while the licensing age remained 18. The purpose of lowering the age limit was to give the learner drivers an opportunity to acquire more experience as drivers before being allowed to drive on their own. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the reform in terms of accident involvement and data were therefore obtained from the national register of police reported accidents. The results show that after the reform there was a general reduction in the accident risk (accidents per 10 million km) of novice drivers with approximately 15%. Additional analyses show that the reduction of accident risk in the group who utilised the new age limit was approximately 40%, whereas those who did not utilise the prolonged training period did not benefit at all. Between 45 and 50% of the age population were found to utilise the reform. The accident reduction does not seem to be just an initial first year effect since the results were similar over 3 years of novice drivers during their first 2 years with a licence. These results suggest that the reform has been beneficial for the safety of novice drivers in Sweden. The results also suggest a potential for additional safety improvements if more young learner drivers can be brought to utilise the low age limit.
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- Gregersen, Nils Petter, et al.
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Sixteen years age limit for learner drivers in Sweden - an evaluation of safety effects
- 2000
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Ingår i: ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION. - : PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. - 0001-4575. ; 32:1, s. 25-35
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Through a reform implemented in Sweden, September 1993, the age limit for practising car driving was lowered from 17 1/2 to 16 years while the licensing age remained 18. The purpose of lowering the age limit was to give the learner drivers an opportunity
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- Rimmö, Per-Arne
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Modelling self-reported aberrant driving behaviour
- 1999
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The highly complex behaviour involved in driving a vehicle may be viewed as a form of action control in a potentially hazardous traffic system. Behavioural adaptation to the traffic system is imperfect, as is sometimes reflected in mishaps and road traffic accidents. Although most erroneous actions caused by a driver are recovered, a driver error may, under unlucky circumstances, result in an accident. Most erroneous actions by a driver are perfectly natural components in action control. However, errors may also appear as deviations from correct actions because of biases in the cognitive and perceptual systems. The present thesis suggests that investigation of the latter type of error affords a greater understanding of driving behaviour. The feasibility of modelling self-reported everyday aberrant driving behaviour was clearly demonstrated in three studies. Four types of aberration were identified: violations (e.g., exceeding the speed limit), mistakes (e.g., misjudgement of the gapwhen overtaking), inattention errors (e.g., failure to observe traffic signs and signals), and inexperience errors (e.g., preparing to reverse while using a forward gear). Male drivers, especially young males, were more prone than women drivers in violating formal and informal traffic rules. Moreover, young drivers experienced more mistakes than older drivers. In contrast, older drivers suffered from inattention errors. Finally, women made more inexperience errors than men. A model comprising these four types of error was shown to be an approximate fit relative to the age and gender of the driver. In the third study the concept of sensation seeking, the preference for risk-taking experiences, and aberrant driving behaviour were investigated in young drivers. Violations, mistakes, and sensation seeking were found to be valid, direct or indirect, predictors of self-reported apprehensionfor traffic offences and accident involvement. It is postulated that the approach taken in the present thesis, to model aberrant driving behaviour, provides an overview of various aberrant driving behaviours prevalent at different stages in the individual's lifetime, behaviours that may be important precursors of traffic offences and accident involvement.
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- Rimmö, Per-Arne, et al.
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On the distinction between violations and errors: sensation seeking associations
- 1999
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Ingår i: Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour. ; 2:3, s. 151-166
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this study about 700 young adult Swedish drivers aged 18-27 yr responded to a questionnaire on sensation seeking, the tendency to engage in risky behaviours, four types of aberrant driving behaviour (violations, mistakes, inattention and inexperience e
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- Åberg, Lars, et al.
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Dimensions of aberrant driver behaviour
- 1998
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Ingår i: ERGONOMICS. - : TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. - 0014-0139. ; 41:1, s. 39-56
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the present paper, a study of driver errors was replicated in a survey of over 1400 drivers. New error items were added to the Driver Behaviour Questionnaire (DBQ). An analysis of data based on the original DBQ confirmed the three-factor structure obt
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