Driving Instruction - Featured articles:
The up-front story about learning to drive
A Drivers.com editorial outlines some of the issues and questions facing novice drivers. More »
Novice driver education model curriculum outline: Summary
The U.S. AAA-FTS sponsored a project to "reinvent" driver education (DE) into a form that reduces crashes by novice drivers. The research team identified novice driver needs, evaluated methods of instruction, assessed the effectiveness of DE in influencing behavior, and finally proposed performance objectives and methods for DE. More »
Driving education/ training in graduated licensing pt2
Second half of the complete text (lengthy) of a 1996 scholarly report about the relationship between driving education, training and licensing. More »
Trends in driver education, evaluation and development
An overview of how systematic program evaluation and development can best be understood and improved in the context of driver education policy, program planning, and program management More »
Driving: It's never too early to learn
Author argues that we should be teaching young children the basics of driving, to prepare them for the rigors of modern traffic. More »
Reinventing driver education
This article summarizes the recent decline in driver education, and outlines an ambitious mandate for improving DE, using a more comprehensive set of driver characteristics and instructional approaches. More »
Boosting driver education
How was your drivers ed course? Did you feel was there room for improvement? The AAA Foundation is developing guidelines for evaluating DE. More »
Cars for kids
What is the ideal age to teach children about driving safety? Well, a program developed jointly by LEGO and Volvo demonstrates it is never too early to learn about the rules of the road--some participants are just 3 years old. More »
Driving Instructor, student deaths spur national forum
When a 14-year-old student lost control of a training vehicle, killing an instructor and two other students, the tragedy became a rallying call for a national forum on driver training. More »
Driver training goes digital
Article describes the GE Capital I-Sim facility, which combines classroom instruction with new, state-of-the-art driving simulators using computer technology. More »
Driving task deserves better training
Article suggests that if we give the driving task the credit its due, the issue of whether education and training works or not would be answered. More »
Graduated driver education
Swedish government report outlines a new model for a multi-stage, year-long DE program. More »
Ford takes on driver ed
Ford Motor Company purchased a majority stake in Young Drivers International. It's part of the company's plan to become involved with its customers at every level. More »
Technology issues and driving education
New technologies may help counter problems of congestion, aggression, and crashes, but they require careful implementation. More »
Driver training is entering a new era
Road rage is one sign that harmonious coexistence amongst drivers will require new and more extensive training. More »
Driver education: how to get the results we are looking for
Scholarly article recommends changes to DE at all levels, aiming at a new and more effective role for DE in the new century. More »
Is legal driving safe driving?
The author argues that the tendency to confuse the interrelated but different concepts of "legal" and "safe" driving hinders the effectiveness of driver education and potentially perpetuates risky driving behaviour. More »
Driver education no silver bullet
Drivers.com interviewed Brian O'Neill, president of the IIHS, and got some strong opinions on the value of driver education and graduated licensing. More »
Training/education may be sidelined in new driver licensing systems
Brief summary of a 1996 report that examined the relationship between education/training and licensing. More »
Driving educators should look to research
Author argues that what driver educators teach in the classroom and the car is not often backed up by research. More »
Instructional support to drivers
Summary of a Ph.D. thesis which concludes that instructional support needs to be adapted to the individual driver and that, if it is properly suited to the traffic scenario in question, it can exert a positive influence on driver behavior. More »
Training and education for physically challenged drivers
Article provides advice on how to make informed decisions about the ability of a physically challenged individual to be taught to drive. More »
Driving: A positive analysis
A response to the Insurance Institute on Highway Safety's view of a report on driving education and graduated licensing. More »
Driver education/ training in graduated licensing: Summary
This is a summary of a 1996 scholarly report about the relationship between education/training and licensing. More »
Driver education/ training in a graduated licensing system
A lengthy 1996 research report about the relationship between driving education, training and licensing. More »
Canadian insurer's position on driver training
A 1995 research study by the Insurance Bureau of Canada produced some key recommendations on driver testing and training. More »
New curriculum to revolutionize driver training
A Drivers.com editorial highlights some of the points made in a report from the U.S. AAA-FTS on driver education. More »
Kamikazes: drivers without driver training
Former advertising executive, race driver, and now training program developer, David T. Thompson, comments on the decline of driver training in recent years. More »
Driving education and technology
Article discusses the strong need for educators to be informed about new technologies, and how to train drivers to use them. More »
The future of driver education
The author provides a brief history of driver education in the USA, describes current events, and suggests some future directions. More »
The dilemma of what to teach
Research into the effectiveness of driver training and education in reducing crashes brings up all kinds of questions about what training tries to do and what it should try to do. This article summarizes the research and discussion about new directions. More »
Role of education in reducing highway toll
1994 article examines how "Engineering, Enforcement, and Education" strategies for reducing highway death and disability have fared in comparison to education. More »
Need evidence to prove that training pays off
A Dutch researcher asked, in 1993, whether driver education can really be effective in terms of improving traffic safety? More »
Driver ed in the computer age: looking for synergy
Article suggests that driver educators face a future in which computers will play a huge, but uncertain, role. More »