Validation of simulated assessment of teen driver speed management on rural roads

Senserrick, T. M.; Brown, T.; Quistberg, D. A.; Marshall, D.; Winston, F. K.

Affiliations

¹Center for Injury Research and Prevention, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

²Cognitive Systems Team, National Advanced Driving Simulator, Center for Computer Aided Design, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

³Division of General Pediatrics, Leonard Davis Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Abstract

More US teens die from traffic crashes than from any other cause, with speed and rural roads major contributing factors. This study aimed to validate a high-fidelity simulator to explore these risks in an injury-free environment. Twenty-one newly-licensed 16-year-old males completed simulated and on-the-road drives of the same rural roads. Average free speeds on three road segments showed no systematic differences across segments. The majority of teens exhibited speeds in the simulator within 10% of those on-the-road. These findings validate the simulator for further research on teen driver free speeds on rural roads. Further analyses are needed to validate other performance measures.

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