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The objective of this study was to determine how accurately teens can report miles driven. Participants were 118 drivers in Connecticut (average age 17(1/2) years; average time licensed 11 months). Half had their own vehicle; half shared family vehicles. Teens completed a telephone survey about their preceding week's driving, then completed a daily trip log for the next week and a second survey about the details of the logged week's trips and miles. Teens with their own vehicle provided odometer readings. Summing the miles for every trip was generally consistent with estimates from odometer readings. Overall mileage estimates were 20-30% lower than those from trip-by-trip listings, except for very low estimates for the first week by teens who shared vehicles. The results indicate that single overall estimates frequently understate total miles driven, but that prompted reviews of each trip can provide valid and detailed information.
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Conducción de Automóvil/estadística & datos numéricos , Recolección de Datos/normas , Concesión de Licencias , Adolescente , Connecticut , Femenino , Humanos , MasculinoRESUMEN
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which effects of exposure to a brief intervention designed to increase parental restrictions on teen driving privileges persisted over time. DESIGN: A total of 658 parents and their 16 year old adolescents were recruited from a local motor vehicle administration (MVA) site as adolescents successfully tested for provisional licenses. At the MVA, parents completed written surveys about expected teen driving during the first month of provisional licensure. Afterwards, on weeks assigned as intervention, parents watched a video and were given the video and a driving agreement to take home. Both parents and teens completed follow up telephone interviews about communication, amounts, and limits on teen driving at one month (579 dyads), four months (529 dyads), and nine months (528 dyads). RESULTS: The results indicated that both intervention parents and teens were much more likely to report using a driving agreement at each follow up during the nine month period. Significant treatment group differences persisted for communication about driving, but effects related to limits on teen driving that were evident at one month declined over time. Reports for passenger, road, and overall limits remained significant at four months; fewer were present at nine months. There were no differences in amounts of teen driving at four or nine months. CONCLUSIONS: It is possible to reach parents through brief interventions at the MVA and successfully promote increases in initial parental restrictions on teen driving with modest persistence for at least four months.
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Accidentes de Tránsito/prevención & control , Conducta del Adolescente , Conducción de Automóvil/normas , Control de la Conducta/métodos , Padres/educación , Adolescente , Adulto , Conducción de Automóvil/psicología , Comunicación , Femenino , Estudios de Seguimiento , Humanos , Concesión de Licencias , Masculino , Relaciones Padres-Hijo , Asunción de RiesgosRESUMEN
OBJECTIVE: Parenting may be an important protective factor against teen driving risk; however, parents do not limit teen driving as much as might be expected. The Checkpoint Program was designed to promote parental management of teen driving through the use of staged persuasive communications. METHODS: Parent-teen dyads (n = 452) were recruited when teens received learner's permits and interviewed over the telephone at baseline, licensure, and three months post-licensure. After baseline, families were randomized to either the intervention group that received persuasive communications or to the comparison group that received general information about driving safety. RESULTS: Both parents and teens in the intervention group reported significantly greater limits on teen driving at licensure and three months post-licensure. In multivariate analyses, intervention and baseline driving expectations had significant effects on driving limits at licensure. Intervention and driving limits established at licensure were associated with three month driving limits. CONCLUSION: The findings indicate that exposure to the Checkpoints Program increased parental limits on teen driving.
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Accidentes de Tránsito/prevención & control , Conducta del Adolescente/psicología , Conducción de Automóvil/psicología , Responsabilidad Parental/psicología , Adolescente , Conducción de Automóvil/legislación & jurisprudencia , Humanos , Concesión de Licencias/legislación & jurisprudencia , Análisis Multivariante , Relaciones Padres-Hijo , Asunción de RiesgosRESUMEN
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death and injury to teenagers. Crash risks result from their age, inexperience, and risky driving. The purpose of this study was to determine whether parent-imposed delayed licensure and restricted driving are related to fewer teenage risky driving behaviors. At baseline, 275 teenagers with a learner's permit and one of their parents were interviewed about driving attitudes and teenage behaviors. One year later, 161 of the teenagers had since obtained a provisional license and were reinterviewed about time of licensure, parental restrictions on driving, and driving attitudes and behaviors. The results indicated that parents delayed licensure until teens were "ready," and limited their driving in terms of trip and risk conditions. Higher levels of risky driving behaviors were predicted by younger ages at licensure and fewer limits on driving in the first month, in addition to male gender, higher conflict over driving, lower perceptions of dangers related to driving, more problem behaviors at baseline, and more high-risk driving (e.g., at night, teenage passengers). Overall, the results indicate that a combination of being older at licensure and restricting driving under high-risk conditions at licensure may be an effective way to curb teens' risky driving behaviors.
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Conducta del Adolescente/psicología , Conducción de Automóvil/psicología , Concesión de Licencias , Responsabilidad Parental/psicología , Asunción de Riesgos , Adolescente , Factores de Edad , Conducción de Automóvil/legislación & jurisprudencia , Femenino , Estudios de Seguimiento , Humanos , Masculino , Maryland , Estudios Prospectivos , Factores Sexuales , Encuestas y Cuestionarios , Factores de TiempoRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: Parent-teen driving agreements are potentially important tools to facilitate parental management of teen driving and reduce adolescent driving risk. The Checkpoints Parent-Teen Driving Agreement (Checkpoints P-TDA) was designed so that parents could initially impose strict limitations on teen driving in high-risk driving conditions (e.g., at night and with teen passengers) and gradually increase driving privileges over time as teens demonstrate responsible driving behavior. METHODS: To assess the acceptability of the format and content of the Checkpoints P-TDA, it was pilot tested with a convenience sample of 47 families recruited as their teens tested for a driver's license at five private driving schools in Connecticut. Family members were interviewed at the driving schools about potential limits on teen driving, asked to use the driving agreement, and re-interviewed within 3 months about acceptability of the driving agreement and initial driving limits placed on teens. RESULTS: Most families (38 of 47) used and liked the agreement. In addition, most parents placed the recommended strict initial limits on teen driving related to driving unsupervised at night, with teen passengers, and on high-speed roads. Moreover, parents reported placing more strict limits on their teens' driving than they originally intended. CONCLUSIONS: The results showed promise for the acceptability of the Checkpoints P-TDA, which will be tested statewide.