United States Department of Transportation
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Abstract:Speeding reduces a driver’s ability to steer safely around curves or objects in the roadway, extends the distance necessary to stop a vehicle, and increases the distance a vehicle travels while the driver reacts to a dangerous situation. Speeding directly contributes to traffic injury severity and is estimated to be involved in about one-third of all U.S. traffic fatalities. While research has identified key factors connected with speeding or speed-related crashes, the relative importance of factors remains unclear. NHTSA conducted a naturalistic study to identify the reasons why drivers speed, classify speeders, and examine situational, demographic, and personality factors that may predict travel speed. Drivers from Seattle, Washington, and College Station, Texas, volunteered to have GPS units installed on their vehicles for 3 to 4 weeks. The GPS data compared drivers’ speeds to the posted speed limits on the roads they were driving at any given point in time. There were 164 participants, roughly divided equally into four groups – young males (18 to 25 years old), older males (35 to 55), young females (18 to 25) and older females (35 to 55). Participants completed personal inventories to measure demographic, personality, attitudinal, and risk-taking behaviors.
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