The paper describes a study to investigate the effects that two different forms of hazard perception training (on road and classroom) have on the acquisition of hazard perception skills and the subsequent improvement in safety and general driving skills for a sample of new young drivers. A total of 220 recently qualified drivers (aged 17 to 25 years) were divided into four groups. Each group went through the same "testing" but different "training" procedures. The groups were assessed at the start of the study and one year later by completing a questionnaire, a 14 mile on-road assessment drive and a laboratory hazard perception test. The control group had no training between the assessments. Other groups had a two hour classroom course, the same course and two hours of on-road perception training, and the on-road perception training only eight to nine months after their first assessment.
Samenvatting