G33, 409a, resource file, Fall 2011
Traffic Safety book by Evans:
http://www.scienceservingsociety.com/traffic-safety.htm
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Memorize, research, interpret, and
debate these stats:
Safety in Numbers: Charting Traffic-Safety and
Fatality Data – Feature
http://blog.caranddriver.com/safety-in-numbers-charting-traffic-safety-and-fatality-data-feature/
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Students "Watching" Your
Driving Habits
Driver's education students from
Memorial High School spent Tuesday morning observing the habits of other
drivers. 25 students teamed up with Vanderburgh County Sheriff's
deputies to monitor 5 Evansville intersections. The students are
looking for distracted drivers, speeders and those not wearing seat
belts. Deputies say this is a good chance for students to see what
they see on a daily basis before getting behind the wheel. Tuesday
morning the focus was on the corner of Weinbach and
Washington. The students say about 90% of the drivers observed were
wearing their seat belts. Some of the most common occurrences were
texting, talking on cell phones and drivers with dogs on their laps.
http://tristatehomepage.com/fulltext?nxd_id=264567
http://larchmont.patch.com/articles/distracted-driving-a-danger-to-this-generation
Other
Hudson Valley Patch No Texting While Driving Campaign Articles
Distracted
Driving Is Dangerous Driving
Distracted
Driving Is Dangerous Driving
Distracted
Driving Is Dangerous Driving
Don't
Drive While Distracted, A Plea From a Victim
See
all Hudson Valley Patch No Texting While Driving Campaign articles
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Virtual
setup for distracted driving: virtual distracted driving
e.g.,
counting mistakes and time under different types of distraction procedures:
none—focused
rubbernecking to answer a quiz after the ride
chatting or
texting
more? (students can come up with these)
Students to see dangers of distracted driving
CBS42 -
4 hours ago
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.
(WIAT) Shelby County officials are teaming up with the University of Montevallo
to educate students on the dangers of distracted driving.
State Police Target Drivers Using Cell Phones
WGRZ-TV -
Aaron
Saykin - 39
minutes ago
BUFFALO, NY - If
there were ever a good time to stop using your cell phone illegally while
driving, this would be it. New York State Police are preparing for what is
expected to be nearly a week of increased enforcement of the hands-free law on
state ...
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Slides and reports on driving issues:
http://www.good.is/category/transportation/
Yet Another Reason Sprawl Sucks: Long
Commutes Cause Divorce
http://www.good.is/post/yet-another-reason-sprawl-sucks-long-commutes-cause-divorce/
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Allstate, U.S. DOT Team Up to Tackle
Distracted Driving
Today's
event at the Walt Disney World¨ Speedway was a hands-on experience where
parents and teens learned how distractions can affect a driver behind the
wheel. Strickland and Wilson interacted with professional driving instructors
who took parent-teen teams through a special advanced driving course that
included distractions like phone calls, texting, and rowdy passengers. With
each added distraction, the course became more difficult and both teens and
parents hit cones and veered off course.
"Allstate's
goal is to help protect teens from their number one enemy – auto
accidents. We applaud Secretary LaHood and DOT's National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration for championing this cause and proudly stand with
him," said Wilson. "Instilling a behavior of safe driving requires
awareness, education and enforcement. Lawmakers can also help by enacting
graduated licensing laws so driving privileges are consistent with
capabilities."
The Family
Driving Challenge is Allstate's interactive awareness program that travels to
cities across the United States and is designed to help address the alarming
statistics about distracted driving. According to the National Highway Traffic
and Safety Administration:
Car crashes are the number
one killer of American teens, with an average of 11 American teens dying each
day as a result of teen-related car crashes.
Nearly 5,500 people died in
2009 in crashes involving a distracted driver.
Driver distraction
contributes to 25 percent of all police-reported traffic crashes.
Younger, inexperienced drivers
under 20 years old have the highest proportion of distraction-related fatal
crashes.
To learn
more about Allstate's teen safe driving initiatives visit
www.allstate.com/teen. Information
about our advocacy efforts on graduated driver licensing laws can be found at
www.facebook.com/save11.
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Texting and cell phone use are separate issues
That would
be a shame, considering the danger that texting, in particular, poses for
everyone on the roadways. A study released by the American Journal of Public
Health last year estimated that texting while driving likely caused more than
16,000 road fatalities in the U.S. between 2002 and 2007. And that was before
texting was as widespread as it is today
But
attempting to ban all use of cell phones is likely to meet with serious
opposition. Step beyond the well-documented dangers of texting, and youÕre
suddenly in the gray area of distracted driving. If all cell phone use is made
illegal, then whatÕs next on the list of distractions to ban? Coffee? French
fries? Children?
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Illinois has
been on top of the dangers of distracted driving. The state has laws
prohibiting cellphone use and/or texting in certain areas — such as
school zones — and by young, inexperienced drivers.
But it is a
risk that is evolving and needs continued attention. So, itÕs good to learn
that Secretary of State Jesse White plans to reconvene a distracted driving
task force. The original task force developed several ideas that became law.
In a recent
meeting with The Pantagraph Editorial Board, White
said, ÒDuring the initial hearings, we learned where some of the problems
were,Ó such as texting and cellphone use in school and construction zones.
Lower speed
limits in school and construction zones alone do not provide adequate safety as
long as people are distracted by talking on their cellphones,
or texting, he said.
White hopes
reconvening the tax task force will focus more attention on the problem and
uncover new ideas for addressing it.
The U.S.
Department of Transportation says distracted driving falls into three main
categories: Òvisual — taking your eyes off the road; manual —
taking your hands off the wheel; and cognitive — taking your mind off
what youÕre doing.Ó
Not all
those distractions are the result of people using electronic devices. (É)
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The Future
of the Connected Car—TELEMATICS
http://mashable.com/2011/02/26/connected-car/
How My Smart
Phone Got Me Out Of A Speeding Ticket In Traffic Court
http://skattertech.com/2011/02/how-my-smart-phone-got-me-out-of-a-speeding-ticket-in-traffic-court/
Association
of British Drivers ABD
Speed Limits
report: http://www.abd.org.uk/speed_limits_85th.htm
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Distracted driving: ÔDeadly epidemicÕ or storm in a
teacup?
Safety
measures enacted in a number of states; critics say the plans do not go far
enough
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/42338592/ns/business-autos/
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How Much Of A Problem Is Distracted
Driving?
A recent USA
Today article discusses the question of distracted driving and the recent
publicity campaign by the Department of Transportation (DOT), including the
personal presence of Secretary Ray LaHood.
http://www.einnews.com/247pr/213251
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TRAFFIC
"EXPERIMENTS" AND A CURE FOR WAVES & JAMS
1998 William
Beaty Electrical Engineer
My first
'experiment': accidentally erasing waves!
http://trafficwaves.org/trafexp.htmlhttp://trafficwaves.org/trafexp.html
--
MERGING-LANE
TRAFFIC JAMS, A SIMPLE CURE
http://trafficwaves.org/seatraf.html
--
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Driving
Psychology Reports
by students of Dr. Leon James
(1988-1994)
|
Paper # |
Title |
Student |
Date
|
|
1 |
Shu
Chin Selina |
August
12, 1988 |
|
|
2 |
Influence on the Driving Performance and Behavior: |
Sharon
|
May 5,
1994 |
|
3 |
The Stereotypes of Women Drivers: |
Christine
Tomooka |
April
28, 1994 |
|
4 |
Ruth
|
July
2, 1987 |
|
|
5 |
Michele
|
July
2, 1987 |
http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/459f96/cmachida/psy499/home.html
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Evaluation of cognitive responses to
anger-provoking driving situations using the Articulated Thoughts during
Simulated Situations procedure
SM NesbitÉ - É Research Part F: Traffic
Psychology and É, 2010 - Elsevier
... He conceptualized these styles of thinking as biased, in that
they negatively distort one's
understanding and increase the ... (2003) noted that a driver's
propensity to ... in more context-specific
anger and arousal, along with a greater propensity to report aggressive
driving behavior. ...
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Distracted Driving Among Teens
Highlighted In Recent Survey
Patch.com - A survey of 2300 teenagers from
around the country reveals a trend of inattention while driving, particularly
because of distractions while behind the wheel. |
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Are aggressive people aggressive drivers? A
study of the relationship between self-reported general aggressiveness, driver
anger and aggressive driving
T LajunenÉ - Accident
Analysis & Prevention, 2001 - Elsevier
... In sum, the relationship between gender and aggressiveness
seems to be very complex. In the
present study, therefore, the relationships between general anger/aggression
and driver
anger/aggression ... paper were collected as a part of a large survey of
aggressive driving in ...
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The ÒgeneticsÓ of driving behavior: parents'
driving style predicts their children's driving style
A BianchiÉ - Accident Analysis and
Prevention, 2004 - Elsevier
... by the results of Carlson and Klein (1970), indicating a positive relationship
between fathers ... such
as speeding, that is specially predictive of accident involvement in young drivers
( Parker et ... scale
into two parts: ordinary violations such as speeding, and aggressive
violations or ...
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Cross-cultural differences in driving behaviours: A comparison of six countries
T …zkan, T Lajunen, JE ChliaoutakisÉ - É
Research Part F: Traffic É, 2006 - Elsevier
... of the present study was to investigate the applicability of the
three-factor structure (aggressive
violations, ordinary violations, and errors) of the Manchester Driver Behaviour Questionnaire ... study
was to evaluate the role of driving styles in the relationship
between traffic ...
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What causes the differences in driving
between young men and women? The effects of gender roles and sex on young
drivers' driving behaviour and self-assessment É
T …zkan, T Lajunen - Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology É, 2006 - Elsevier
... and aggressive violations when combined with a low level of
femininity. Moreover, …zkan and
Lajunen (2005b) found out that young male and
masculine drivers drove more than other groups.
Even though the relationship between sex, gender, exposure, and driving style
have ...
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Enhanced presence in driving simulators
using autonomous traffic with virtual personalities
S Wright, NJ WardÉ - Presence: Teleoperators & Virtual É,
2002 - MIT Press
... To represent these observations, the model as- sumes
a linear relationship, then relates speed
reduction to the mean speed driven (so speed reduction with age becomes less
significant at
lower speeds). Aggression. ... Male drivers are typically more aggressive
than are ...
Note: Good idea. Try gender reversal in driving to see how it
influences behavior.
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[PDF] A review of the literature on aggressive
driving research
[PDF]
from stopandgo.orgL Tasca - É on
Aggressive Driving Issues.
http://www. aggressive. É,
2000 - stopandgo.org
... pedestrian crossing situation. Based on behaviour
during the interview, only 11.3
per cent of these drivers
were rated as aggressive. The interview also included
items on the respondent's life style and environment. A factor ...
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Personality and behavioral predictors of
traffic accidents: testing a contextual mediated model
N SŸmer -
Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2003 - Elsevier
... personality characteristics, such as risk taking, sensation seeking,
and aggressive tendencies
(for ... a mediational model assuming that
aberrant driving behaviors mediate the relationship
between sensation ... and injury outcome, [Kim et al., 1995] found that driver
behavior and ...
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A framework for modeling human-like driving
behaviors for autonomous vehicles in driving simulators
T Al-ShihabiÉ
- É of the fifth international conference on É, 2001 -
portal.acm.org
... Figure 1 shows the architecture of the driving framework and the relationship
between our
framework and the simulator's ... not enough to a novice one, and a
vehicle speed that is
unsatisfactory to an aggressive driver might be high or even
dangerous to a conservative driver. ...
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Predictors of women's aggressive driving
behavior
B Krahe
- Aggressive behavior, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
... Aggression, violence, and vengeance among male and female drivers.
Transportation Quarterly
56:65–75. ... Gender differences and
gender-related constructs in dating aggression. ...
Predicting
aggressive driving behavior: The role of macho personality, age,
and power of car. ...
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Risk for DWI: A new look at gender
differences in drinking and driving influences, experiences, and attitudes
among new adolescent drivers
JA Farrow, P Brissing
- Health Education & Behavior, 1990 - heb.sagepub.com
... Boys initiated dating at a younger age than girls and more
often attended auto speed ... that they
would likely drink or would have been drinking during such reckless driving
activity. More male
drivers indicated that there would likely be no consequences (crash,
injury, parental ...
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Individual differences in self-presentation
style: Driving an automobile and meeting a stranger
JF Bassett, KL CateÉ - Self and
Identity, 2002 - informaworld.com
... incongruent to associate self-presentation style with driving
behavior because drivers are largely ...
as those who wanted to be seen as exemplary and upstanding reporting less aggressive
driving. ...
Future research might use archival records such as personal dating ads
or college ...
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Evaluation of cognitive responses to
anger-provoking driving situations using the Articulated Thoughts during
Simulated Situations procedure
SM NesbitÉ - É Research Part F: Traffic
Psychology and É, 2010 - Elsevier
... with anger travel the same amount (with regard to both distance and
time) as low anger drivers.
However, studies show that they are 2.5–3.0 times more likely to become
angry while driving,
are 3.5–4.0 times more likely to be physically and/or verbally aggressive,
and are 1.5 ...
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[PDF] Peer-to-peer network invites drivers to get
connected
[PDF]
from issnaf.orgL
Parker - 2008 - issnaf.org
... Gerla says the benefits of such a network
are numerous: "There will be immediate benefits in
driving safety as well as ... "The drivers enamoured with ... But it's true that less aggressive
drivers,
probably a sizeable fraction of the population, will be reluctant to embrace
the technology ...
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Predictors of women's aggressive driving
behavior
B Krahe
- Aggressive behavior, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
... Gender differences and gender-related constructs in dating aggression.
Pers Soc Psychol Bullet
28:1106–1118. Krahe« B. 2001. The social psychology of aggression. Hove: Psychology
Press.
Krahe« B, Fenske I. 2002.
Predicting aggressive driving behavior: The role of macho ...
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Autistic
kids learn to fly in cyberspace (virtual locomotion)
[PDF] Effectiveness of virtual reality for teaching
pedestrian safety
[PDF] from aprioriresearch.comJ McComas,
M MacKayÉ - CyberPsychology & Behavior, 2002 -
aprioriresearch.com
... program literature is that
skills training is gen- erally effective in improving
child pedestrian
behavior, particularly in those
programs that include practical training opportunities in a re- alistic
learning environment and use repetition to promote skill acquisition.4–6 Recommenda ...
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[PDF] from psu.eduD Helbing,
P Molnar, IJ FarkasÉ - Environment and planning B,
2001 - Citeseer
... films. Despite the sometimes
more or less `chaotic' appearance of individual
pedestrian behavior, one can find regularities,
some of which become most visible
in the time-lapse films such as the ones produced by Arns
(1993). ...
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young children: an analysis and one-year followup
[PDF] from nih.govWH YeatonÉ
- Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1978 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
... problems involving
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MH Jones - 1980 - pubsindex.trb.org
... MEASURING PEDESTRIAN BEHAVIOR.
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... Research on the role of
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ACDelco Launches Program to
Empower Women Drivers
"Crash
Vehicle" Promotes Safe Driving - The Hazards of Distracted Driving
Sorry?
Thankful? You can say it with a sign in your car's rear window
Toyota
Announced New Virtual Reality Simulator at the Daytona 500
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Op-ed: Diverging
trends for distracted driving
As we've covered distracted driving over the years,
people have often suggested that smart phones that would automatically turn off
while a car is in operation would be a great solution to the problem. This
morning I was happy to read a post on The Infrastructurist that reviewed several such apps. Turns out
that Sprint introduced an app (aptly) called "Drive First" that's set
to come out later this year.
While I'm happy to see these apps and LaHood's
continued focus on this issue, my good feelings were hampered by news from the
auto industry's latest arms race. Here's a snip from a disturbing Yahoo News
story:
"Analysts
say consumers are warming to the notion of more connectivity in their cars,
with "apps" for information and entertainment just as they have with
their smartphones or tablet computers.
"Initially,
putting Internet access in the car sounds like a distraction and frivolous but
as time passes it will become a part of our lives and we will feel
uncomfortable not having access," said Jeff Kagan, an independent telecoms analyst.
"I
think this is going to grow into a vibrant sector.""
Seems to me LaHood's efforts and trends in the auto industry are heading in directly opposite
directions. As America's traffic safety watchdog, LaHood is in a great position
to use his commitment to road safety as leverage on both telecoms and the auto
industry.
President Obama is currently contemplating a
mega-merger between AT&T and T-Mobile. While I'd rather not see that merger
happen at all, perhaps LaHood can use the potential deal as an opportunity for
leverage; as in, if they merge, the companies must agree to major funding of
distracted driving prevention efforts. On a similar note, perhaps LaHood and
Obama could use their bailout of the auto industry as leverage to reign in the
cars-as-rolling-smartphones trend.
With powerful lobbies, getting anything out of
telecoms and the auto industry wouldn't be easy; but distracted driving is
quickly becoming an "epidemic" (in LaHood's own words), and left to
their own devices, I'm afraid corporations might get distracted by profits.
http://bikeportland.org/2011/03/28/op-ed-diverging-trends-for-distracted-driving-50306
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Sayville
News - 3 minutes ago
The car will be on display as an example
of hazardous distracted driving.
Additionally, in a collaborative effort that will span two ESBOCES campuses,
students from seven career programs, Law Enforcement, Auto Technology, Auto Body, ...
http://www.drdriving.org/pedestrians/index.htm
DrDriving's
research shows that the pedestrian aggressiveness syndrome is made of the
following 15 pedestrian behaviors. This Scale can indicate how aggressive you
are as a pedestrian and what type of pedestrian personality makeover you need.
Ask yourself how many of these bad pedestrian behaviors apply to you on a
regular basis.
- feeling stress and impatience when walking in a crowded area
(crosswalk, staircase, mall, store, airport, street, beach, park, etc.)
- having denigrating thoughts about other pedestrians
- acting in a hostile manner (staring, presenting a mean face,
moving faster or closer than expected)z
- walking much faster than the rest of the people
- not yielding when it's the polite thing to do (insisting
on going first)
- walking on the left of a crowded passageway where most
pedestrians walk on the right
- muttering at other pedestrians
- bumping into others
- not apologizing when expected (after bumping by accident
or coming very close in attempting to pass)
- making insulting gestures
- hogging or blocking the passageway, acting uncaring or unaware
- walking by a slower moving pedestrian and cutting back too
soon (feels hostile or rude)
- expressing pedestrian rage against a driver (like insulting or
throwing something)
- feeling enraged at other pedestrians and enjoying thoughts of
violence
- feeling competitive with other pedestrians
These 15 bad behaviors define the pedestrian aggressiveness
syndrome. They are all significantly intercorrelated. This means that if you do
one of them regularly, you will also do many of the other 14 on a regular
basis. You need a pedestrian personality overhaul--see above.
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March 22, 2011
Sprint blocks distracted driving on Android
Drive First is an Android app that
uses GPS technology to calculate the speed at which you are traveling,
automatically locking down distracting features when it thinks you are driving.
When activated, Drive First directs all calls to voicemail, auto responds to
incoming text messages telling the sender that you're unavailable, and blocks
all except three mobile applications of your choice,
such as music and navigation apps.
Read more: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-20045934-48.html
- ixzz1HRvdd4pK
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Sprint
Announces Anti-Distracted Driving App
Mobiledia -
Margaret
Rock - 3 hours ago
Sprint announced a new anti-distracted
driving service this week, amid concerns from parents and lawmakers about
growing mobile device use in cars.
Sprint
Drive First to combat distracted driving IntoMobile
Sprint
Goes After Distracted Drivers, Launches Drive First App [Sprint ... TFTS (blog)
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