An evaluation of the California drive test in theme and variation. Volume I: Treatment, development and preliminary evaluation : an evaluation of the original applicant's drive test component of the California selective testing program.

A series of pilot studies was performed as part of a process of developing and refining the treatments to be administered to previously unlicensed drivers license applicants in a later experiment. Results of the study are consistent with prior studies examining drive test validity. There is no indication that the drive test has an practical value as a device for identifying drivers who are