Drivers convicted of careless driving and drivers not so convicted were studied. It was shown that the subject data for the two groups were similar except that there was a higher proportion of drivers in the 46-50 year old age range in the convicted group and this group also had a higher proportion of drivers driving more than 25,000 miles per year. As a group the convicted drivers stated they had been involved in more than twice the number of accidents admitted to by the non-convicted group. As regards driving behaviour the convicted group used their rear-view mirrors less than the non-convicted group, gave fewer signals, showed more extremes of overtaking behaviour, drove at an average higher speed in the de-restricted zones, showed more lapses, carried out more unnecessary manoeuvres and took more risks. These results imply consistency of observation and classification and the ability of the method of systematic observation of driver behaviour to show meaningful differences in driver behaviour between classes of drivers. (Author)


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    Title :

    Convicted and Non-convicted Drivers--Values of Drive Indices


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1971


    Size :

    25 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English