This paper is a summary of a report on the effects of the national drivers improvements scheme (NDIS) on re-offending rates by J Broughton et al 2005. The research examined conviction for careless driving, speeding, licence and insurance offences and miscellaneous driving offences (including drink-driving and driving whilst disqualified) in the three-year period after completion of the course or conviction. The NDIS course includes classroom teaching of driving theory and a practical session where a driving instructor assesses and provides feedback on the offender's driving skills. Comparing course attendees with the population distribution indicates that proportionately more drivers from the higher social classifications attend courses and fewer from lower social classes. Course attendees were also more likely to be older and female than in a control group who did not attend a course. 1.7% of male course attendees and 1.5% of male offenders who did not attend a course were convicted of a further careless driving offence in the three-year period after course attendance or first careless driving conviction. This difference was not statistically significant. No benefits of attending the course in terms of careless driving re-offences was proved but insurance and licence offences were less likely and speeding offences were more likely compared with careless driving offenders not attending a course. Older drivers were less likely to re-offend than those under 30. Drivers from higher social classification categories were less likely to re-offend than those from lower social classes. For the covering abstract see ITRD E138063.
Samenvatting