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The Smartphone and the Driver’s Cognitive Workload: A Comparison of Apple, Google, and Microsoft’s Intelligent Personal Assistants
...of the driver, compared to just driving. Overall workload ratings reflected a moderate to high level of distraction. There were significant differences in the distraction experienced by the driver when...
October 2015 Technical Report | Report Summary
Teen Driver Risk in Relation to Age and Number of Passengers
...Carrying passengers, particularly other teens, greatly increases crash risk for teen drivers Most states have enacted passenger restrictions as part of graduated driver licensing systems, and studies indicate that passenger...
May 2012 Technical Report | Report Summary
2014 Traffic Safety Culture Index
...helmet laws for motorcyclists (82.1%) There is strong support for mandatory driver education for new drivers—89.6 percent for new drivers under 18, and 82.6 percent for all new drivers regardless...
January 2015 Technical Report | Report Summary
Characteristics of Fatal Crashes Involving 16- and 17-Year-Old Drivers with Teenage Passengers
...driver and within one year of the driver’s age Key Findings: Characteristics of Crashes Among fatal crashes involving 16- and 17-year-old drivers, several risk factors were generally more prevalent when...
October 2012 Technical Report | Report Summary
The Prevalence and Impact of Drowsy Driving
...drivers age 16-24 were nearly twice as likely to be involved in a drowsy driving crash as drivers age 40-59. Two out of three drivers involved in a drowsy driving...
November 2010 Technical Report | Report Summary
Effectiveness of Distracted Driving Countermeasures: An Expanded and Updated Review of the Scientific and Gray Literatures
...carried out in March and April 2021 in order to identify apps or commercial products aimed at mitigating distracted driving. Search terms included various combinations of (a) drive, driver, driving,...
March 2022 Research Brief
Timing of Driver’s License Acquisition and Reasons for Delay among Young People in the United States, 2012
...of young adults voluntarily delaying licensure has raised a number of questions in recent years Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) systems – which have reduced 16- and 17- year-old driver crashes...
August 2013 Technical Report | Report Summary
Young Driver Licensing in New Jersey: Rates and Trends, 2006-2011
...of young adults voluntarily delaying licensure has raised a number of questions in recent years Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) systems – which have reduced 16- and 17- year-old driver crashes...
July 2014 Technical Report