Evidence suggests that poor hazard perception skills make an important contribution to novice driver crash involvement. Young inexperienced drivers are slower to detect and respond to hazards in the driving environment than more experienced drivers. Novice drivers have been found to be particularly over-represented in those types of accidents that are most likely to result from poor hazard perception. VicRoads introduced a Hazard Perception Test (HPT) as part of the introduction of computerised licence testing in 1996. It aims to measure drivers' ability to assess traffic situations and to make safe driving decisions. An evaluation of the current test has shown that there is an opportunity to improve the reliability of the test by increasing the length of the test and the size of the item pool. This paper provides an overview of the process of developing VicRoads' new updated and expanded HPT. (Author/publisher) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E206263.
Samenvatting