Tag: risky driving
Increasing the Use of Smartphone-Limiting Technology to Combat Distracted Driving
The current study aimed to understand barriers to using smartphone-limiting technologies to reduce distraction while driving and to examine ways to overcome these barriers through educational materials to improve driver awareness and knowledge of the countermeasures.
April 2025 Technical Report | Report Summary
A Randomized Field Trial of Smartphone-Based Feedback Designed to Encourage Safe Driving: Comparing Focused and Self-Chosen Goals to Standard Usage-Based Insurance Messaging
The goal of this research was to examine whether providing feedback and incentives through a smartphone app improves driver safety, and whether greater improvements are possible and sustained by assigning or allowing drivers to choose more focused goals.
April 2025 Technical Report | Report Summary
Examination of Cannabis Users’ Perceptions and Self-Reported Behaviors to Inform Messaging to Deter Impaired Driving
To address the paucity of evidence on strategies to deter driving after cannabis use, this multiphase project interviewed relevant experts and surveyed cannabis users to inform recommendations for public policy stakeholders, law enforcement, and public health professionals.
March 2025 Technical Report | Report Summary
2020 Traffic Safety Culture Index
The 2020 iteration of the annual Traffic Safety Culture Index survey provides insights on public engagement in unsafe driving behaviors and related attitudes and perceptions in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic relative to previous years.
October 2021 Technical Report | Report Summary
2018 Traffic Safety Culture Index
This annual Traffic Safety Culture Index (TSCI), a nationally representative survey, has been conducted to identify and assess key indicators regarding American drivers’ attitudes toward and behaviors regarding traffic safety, since 2008.
June 2019 Technical Report | Report Summary