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Alicia Romo
Researcher, Research Team 2Dr. Alicia Romo joined the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety in January 2022. Prior joining the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Alicia worked as a traffic engineer and transportation planner…
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Ansley Kasha
Associate Researcher, Research Team 2Ansley Kasha joined the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety in November 2023. Previously, she served as the project director for the Traffic Safety Research and Evaluation Group at the University…
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Austin Svancara
Associate Researcher, Research Team 2Dr. Austin Svancara received his doctoral degree in developmental psychology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in April 2022. His doctoral research examined transportation barriers and opportunities for users with autism…
Brian C. Tefft
Principal Researcher, Research Team 2Brian Tefft joined the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety in 2006. He conducts and manages research on a wide variety of traffic safety issues including driver distraction, drowsiness, and impairment;…
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C. Y. David Yang
President and Executive DirectorDr. C. Y. David Yang is the President and the Executive Director of the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Previously, he worked for the U.S. Department of Transportation and private…
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Jessica McDonough
Associate Researcher, Research Team 2Jessica McDonough joined the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety in August 2022. Prior to joining the Foundation, she worked as an associate human factors researcher at Battelle Memorial Institute, where…
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Lindsay Arnold
Senior Researcher, Research Team 2Lindsay Arnold conducts research on issues including substance-impaired driving and vulnerable road users. Prior to joining the Foundation in 2012, she served as a public health fellow in the National…
Patrice Davis
Records and Database Specialist, Mission Support TeamAs Foundation’s records and database specialist, Patrice Davis is responsible for developing and maintaining electronic databases for technical and other records/files, assisting technical staff with research activities, tracking financial contributions,…
Rebecca Steinbach
Senior Researcher, Research Team 2Dr. Rebecca Steinbach joined the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety in January 2023. Previously, she was a research director at the UK’s National Centre for Social Research and an Assistant…
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Shaina Harris
Program Coordinator, Mission Support TeamShaina Harris is the Foundation’s program coordinator. She serves as the liaison and first point of contact for AAA Inc. and AAA clubs. Additionally, she coordinates current and upcoming research…
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William J. Horrey
Technical DirectorDr. William J. Horrey joined the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety in August 2017. An experienced human factors professional, Dr. Horrey has led or contributed to many research projects in…
The Prevalence and Impact of Drowsy Driving
...crashes occurred in crashes that involved a drowsy driver (Knipling and Wang, 1994). According to NHTSA’s 2008 Traffic Safety Facts publication, 2.4 percent of fatal crashes involve a drowsy driver...
November 2010 Technical Report | Report Summary
2012 Traffic Safety Culture Index: Motorists Admit to Driving Drowsy
...Other key findings regarding drowsy driving include: Eight out of ten (80%) people view other drivers driving while drowsy as a serious threat to their own personal safety and a...
December 2012 Technical Report | Report Summary
Temporal Trends in Indicators of Traffic Safety Culture among Drivers in the United States, 2009–2012
...as I say, not as I do.” This is because high numbers of people consistently admit to doing the same dangerous things — like texting, driving drowsy, or speeding —...
August 2013 Technical Report | Report Summary
Use, Learning and Perceptions of In-Vehicle Technologies, and Vehicle Adaptations among Older Drivers: A LongROAD Study
...first before calling emergency personnel. Fatigue/drowsy driver alert A fatigue/drowsy driver alert system uses various technologies to determine if you are getting fatigued or drowsy while driving and provides an...
October 2017 Research Brief
Acute Sleep Deprivation and Risk of Motor Vehicle Crash Involvement
...from a scene, 13% of all crashes that result in hospital admission, and 16-21% of all fatal crashes involve a drowsy driver There is little scientific research that measures the...
December 2016 Technical Report | Report Summary
2014 Traffic Safety Culture Index
...than a quarter (27.1%) typed one Drowsy driving: 45 percent say it is a very serious threat, 81.3 percent say it is completely unacceptable, yet nearly three in ten (29.4%)...
January 2015 Technical Report | Report Summary
2016 Traffic Safety Culture Index
...while support for a total ban (hand-held and hands-free) is at 42.0 percent. Impaired and Drowsy Driving: Nearly 60 percent of drivers say that driving after using illegal drugs is...
February 2017 Technical Report | Report Summary