A technique for enhancing risk perception in novice car drivers.

Author(s)
Regan, M.A. Deery, H.A. & Triggs, T.J.
Year
Abstract

Novice drivers aged 18 to 25 are over-represented in road accidents in Australia and overseas. This is due in part to poorly-developed risk perception skills. This paper describes a driving simulator experiment which compared the effectiveness of two training techniques in enhancing the risk perception skills of novice car drivers: avoidance learning and mediated instruction. Mediated instruction was found to be superior and resulted in skill transfer for at least a week after training. (A)

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C 16279 (In: C 16271 a) /83 / ITRD E200240
Source

In: Proceedings of the Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, 16-17 November 1998, Volume 1, p. 51-56, 27 ref.

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