RT Article
T1 Police-led, school-based driver education: a pre- and post-comparison of young driver self-reported behaviour and intentions including gender differences
JF Crime prevention and community safety
VO 23
IS 2
SP 174
OP 189
A1 Anderson, Levi
A1 Bates, Lyndel
A1 Madon, Natasha S.
A2 Bates, Lyndel
A2 Madon, Natasha S.
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1765274281
AB This study examined the effects of a police-led, school-based young driver education program on the future driving intentions of young, novice drivers. The participants were 294 final-year high school students from the Sunshine Coast region of Queensland (Australia). The study employed a pre- and post-survey design that measured self-reported driving behaviour, sensation seeking, and self-reported future driving intentions of young drivers. T-tests between pre- and post-responses identified statistically significant positive changes in young driver intentions after the program when compared to their previously self-reported behaviours. Further analysis of the changes between the pre- and post-surveys demonstrate that the LAW program has a greater effect on female participants and those with higher levels of sensation seeking. The findings of this study indicate that police-led, school-based driver education programs may be an effective way of altering the driving intentions of young novice drivers and in turn promoting greater road safety.
K1 Sensation seeking
K1 Novice drivers
K1 Young drivers
K1 School-based driver education
K1 Police-led driver education
DO 10.1057/s41300-021-00110-4