Search Results for distracted driver

Driver Behavior & Performance

Acute Sleep Deprivation and Risk of Motor Vehicle Crash Involvement

...these drivers provide a sample of the sleep of all drivers on the road, and Differences in the amounts of sleep of drivers who contributed to crashes vs. non-contributing drivers...

December 2016 Technical Report | Report Summary

Vulnerable Road Users

Vulnerable Road Users

Evaluation of New Jersey’s Graduated Driver Licensing System

...The Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) movement in the U.S. began in 1996. Today, all U.S. states contain at least some elements of a GDL program; however, there is substantial variation...

February 2010 Technical Report | Report Summary

Driver Behavior & Performance

Driver Behavior & Performance

2012 Traffic Safety Culture Index

...Nearly nine in ten (88.5%) say this about distracted driving Roughly half (51.6% and 50%, respectively) say this about drunk driving and drivers using drugs “Do As I Say, Not...

January 2013 Technical Report | Report Summary

Vulnerable Road Users

Vulnerable Road Users

Parents, Teens, and the Learner Stage of Graduated Driver Licensing

...people (pedestrians, cyclists, and occupants of other vehicles). Nearly all 50 states have implemented some form of a graduated driver licensing (GDL) system for young drivers. All but four states...

October 2010 Technical Report | Report Summary

Driver Behavior & Performance

2016 Traffic Safety Culture Index

...One in nine drivers has been seriously injured in a crash and nearly one in five has been involved in a serious crash. Most drivers (87.8 percent) view it as...

February 2017 Technical Report | Report Summary

Vulnerable Road Users

The Longitudinal Research on Aging Drivers (LongROAD) Study: Understanding the Design and Methods

In 2015, 40 million licensed drivers age 65 years and older represented 18% of the total licensed driver population in the United States (FHWA, 2016). The number of older drivers...

November 2017 Research Brief

Vulnerable Road Users

Vulnerable Road Users

Enhancement of Driving Performance Among Older Drivers

The Problem Over 27 million Americans are 70 years old or older. An estimated 20 million of them are licensed drivers. Over 500,000 drivers aged 70 and older were involved...

October 2007 Technical Report | Report Summary

Emerging Technologies

2018 Forum on the Impact of Vehicle Technologies and Automation on Vulnerable Road Users and Driver Behavior and Performance: A Summary Report

...impact of vehicle technologies and automation on vulnerable road users and on driver behavior and performance. This event followed from the inaugural forum, held in 2017, on similar issues related...

January 2019 Technical Report