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This primer provides an overview of current practices in this emerging field and looks toward the future in the evolution and development of smartphone applications for the transportation sector. The primer provides an introduction and overview smartphone applications (known as “apps”); discusses the background, evolution, and development of smartphone apps; reviews the types of smartphone […]
Safety experts warn that key-less ignition systems are leading to an increasing number of drivers accidentally leaving their cars running – filling their homes with deadly fumes.
Driving exposure (driving distance and trips taken), driving cessation, crashes, citations, and poor driving ability are all factors that can have significant implications for safety and health among older adults, and so identifying measures associated with these is important for preventing negative driving outcomes.
Since 2006, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has been sponsoring research to better understand traffic safety culture. The Foundation’s long-term term vision is to create a “social climate in which traffic safety is highly valued and rigorously pursued.” In 2008, the AAA Foundation conducted the first Traffic Safety Culture Index, a nationally-representative survey, to […]
Older drivers at work bring extensive skills, knowledge, and experience built over the course of a lifespan. Research shows that older drivers are more likely than their younger counterparts to adopt safe behaviors such as wearing a seat belt and complying with speed limits. However, those age 55 and older have twice the risk of […]
Seat belt use in 2015 reached 88.5 percent,* up from 86.7 percent in 2014; this was not a statistically significant difference. This result is from the National Occupant Protection Use Survey (NOPUS), which is the only survey that provides nationwide probability-based observed data on seat belt use in the United States. The NOPUS is conducted […]
Parents and caregivers struggle to comply with child passenger safety (CPS) recommendations, and frequently make mistakes when choosing and installing restraints. The objective of this project was to develop and test various methods of framing CPS recommendations, and to determine how to best communicate CPS information to parents/caregivers.
The goal of this problem identification is to assure that the restraint enforcement program considered by the state throughout FY 2017 is completely evidence-based, the evidence being derived from past data obtained from crash records.
Throughout the United States, many people and organizations are working to promote motor vehicle occupant protection for children, youth, and young adults. In spite of the great strides made in this country, every year, thousands of young people die or experience serious injuries that could have been prevented had they been properly restrained in child […]