Intervention to Improve Driving Practices Among High-Risk Teen Drivers

项目摘要 机动车碰撞（MVC）是美国青少年死亡的主要原因。青少年司机谁犯了交通违法行为是在更大的风险。然而，大多数以家长为中心的干预措施针对的是处于学习阶段的青少年司机，很少有干预措施在无人监督的独立驾驶阶段或针对高风险的青少年司机，如那些违反交通规则的司机。从车载设备到智能手机应用程序，技术的进步为提高青少年的安全驾驶提供了新的途径。然而，人们对如何利用这项技术积极吸引父母，并随后影响青少年的安全驾驶行为知之甚少。本研究的目的是评估提供驾驶反馈（有和没有家长培训）对减少高风险青少年驾驶员的危险驾驶事件，不安全驾驶行为和累犯（随后的交通违规）的影响。我们的核心假设是，通过技术设备和应用程序的驾驶反馈将减少危险的驾驶事件和行为，并且通过父母培训来增强反馈将进一步改善结果。我们将测试以下具体目标：目标1：确定干预措施对减少青少年危险驾驶事件和不安全驾驶行为的影响;目标2：确定干预措施对增加父母与青少年就安全驾驶实践进行沟通的频率和质量的影响;目标3：确定干预措施对减少青少年交通违规累犯的影响。我们将在青少年强制性法庭听证会后，从俄亥俄州富兰克林县少年交通法庭招募沿着其父母/法律的监护人（n=240对）一起违反行驶规则的青少年驾驶员（16至17岁）。入组的父母-青少年配对将被随机分配到3个研究组中的1个（n=80对/组）：第1组，对照组，没有设备反馈，也没有父母培训;第2组，仅向青少年提供设备反馈，不向父母提供反馈或培训;或第3组，向青少年和父母提供设备反馈，他们也将接受交通安全沟通专家的个性化虚拟培训。预期的结果将建立有效的车载驾驶反馈技术与家长培训，减少危险驾驶事件，不安全的驾驶行为和累犯。我们的项目是重要的，因为它的目标是安全驾驶的高风险青少年谁犯了交通违规。该研究具有创新性，因为它与当地法院系统合作，并利用新颖的车载技术提供客观衡量的研究结果。这项研究的结果将有显着的影响，少年交通法庭的做法和政策，旨在提高青少年驾驶安全，减少碰撞，受伤和死亡。

PROJECT SUMMARY Motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) are the leading cause of death among teenagers in the United States. Teen drivers who have committed a traffic violation are at even greater risk. However, most parent-focused interventions target teen drivers during the learner phase, with very few interventions being implemented during the unsupervised independent driving phase or targeting high-risk teen drivers, such as those with traffic violations. Advances in technology, ranging from in-vehicle devices to smartphone applications, offer a new avenue to enhance teens’ safe driving. However, little is known about how to use this technology to actively engage parents, and subsequently, influence teens’ safe driving practices. The objective of this study is to assess the effect of providing driving feedback (with and without parent training) on reducing risky driving events, unsafe driving behaviors, and recidivism (subsequent traffic violation) among high-risk teen drivers. Our central hypothesis is that driving feedback via a technological device and app will reduce risky driving events and behaviors, and that augmenting feedback with parent training will further improve outcomes. We will test the following specific aims: Aim 1: Determine the effects of the intervention on reducing teens’ risky driving events and unsafe driving behaviors; Aim 2: Determine the effects of the intervention on increasing frequency and quality of parent-teen communication about safe driving practices; and Aim 3: Determine the effects of the intervention on decreasing teen traffic violation recidivism. We will enroll teen drivers (age 16 to 17 years) who committed a moving violation along with their parents/legal guardians (n=240 dyads) from the Ohio Franklin County Juvenile Traffic Court following the teens’ mandatory court hearing. Enrolled parent-teen dyads will be randomly assigned to 1 of 3 study groups (n=80 dyads/group): Group 1, control group with no device feedback nor parent training; Group 2, device feedback to teens only, providing no feedback nor training to parents; or Group 3, device feedback to teens and parents, who will also receive individualized virtual training with a traffic safety communication specialist. The expected outcome will establish the effectiveness of in-vehicle driving feedback technology augmented with parent training in reducing risky driving events, unsafe driving behaviors and recidivism. Our project is significant because it targets safe driving among high-risk teens who have committed a traffic violation. The study is innovative because it partners with the local court system and utilizes novel in-vehicle technologies to provide objectively measured study outcomes. The findings of this study will have a significant impact on juvenile traffic court’s practices and policies aimed to improve teen driving safety by reducing crashes, injuries, and deaths.