Teen driver support system (TDSS) field operational test : final report.

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• Creators:
  Creaser, Janet ; Morris, Nichole ; Edwards, Christopher J. ; Manser, Michael P. ; Cooper, Jennifer L. ; Swanson, Brandy ; Donath, Max
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Minnesota. Department of Mechanical Engineering. HumanFIRST Program
• Corporate Contributors:
  University of Minnesota. Center for Transportation Studies
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Teenage drivers
  • Feedback control
  • Driver education
  • Driver information systems
  • Driver support systems
• Publication/ Report Number:
  CTS 16-04
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States;Minnesota
• Edition:
  Final report
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Minnesota. Center for Transportation Studies
• Abstract:
  Although teen drivers make up a small percentage of the U.S. driving population, they are at an especially high risk ; of being involved in a crash. Factors that contribute to teen drivers’ risk include their lack of experience and their ; tendency to engage in unsafe behaviors such as speeding, driving aggressively, or using a cell phone while behind the ; wheel. ; To help teen drivers stay safe on the road, we developed the Teen Driver Support System (TDSS), a smartphonebased ; system that provides real-time, in-vehicle feedback to teens about their risky behaviors—and reports the behaviors ; to parents via text message if teens don’t heed the system’s warnings. The TDSS provides geographically specific, realtime ; feedback to a teen driver at the time unsafe driving behavior occurs so that behaviors can be immediately corrected. ; This report documents a 12-month field operational test of the system involving 300 newly licensed teens driving on ; Minnesota roads. The test included a control group that received no feedback, a treatment group that received only TDSS ; in-vehicle feedback, and a second treatment group that received both TDSS in-vehicle and TDSS parental notifications. ; Research results indicate an overall safety benefit of TDSS, demonstrating that in-vehicle monitoring and driver ; alerts, coupled with parental notifications, is a meaningful intervention to reduce the frequency of risky driving ; behaviors that are correlated with novice teen driver crashes. In particular, the system was shown to be an effective ; strategy for reducing excessive speeds when used with parental feedback and potentially even without parental ; involvement.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  CTS #2012023;(c) 99008 (wo) 17
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32171/dot_32171_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.20 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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