in the current issue of the Journal, researchers are seeking ways to further reduce teenagers' crash risk. Three avenues appear especially promising: strengthening teenage licensing laws and increasing compliance; engaging parents in supervising their teenagers' driving; and using in-vehicle technologies ...
The use of technology to address patterns of risk among teenage drivers The crash risk of teens is high, with fatal crash rates of teen drivers higher than any other age group. New approaches to reduce teen traffic fatalities a... S Brovold,N Ward,M Donath,... - 《Journal of Safety Re...
Impact on Industry Restrictions on nighttime driving and driving with teenage passengers should be made a part of all states' graduated licensing systems. Historically, 16 year-olds have had the highest crash risk per licensed driver and per mile traveled. Given the dramatic reductions in per ...
Even the risk of ear infections in children is 2.4 time higher for mouth breathers than nasal breathers (van Bon et al, 1989) and nine and ten year old children who mouth breath have significantly poorer quality of life and have higher use of medications (Leal et al, 2016). Breathing ...
A small plane crash injured two in Azle, northwest of Fort Worth. The DMN and the Star-Telegram have the details. The Star-Telegram has a fluff piece on their solution to egg prices driven up by bird flu: eggs from local farms. That’s great until the bird flu gets into those flocks...
“For every combination of force, speed, and crash type our physical systems test, we simulate the results first in our model,” said Brad Carman, engineering manager at Instron. “The model is now accurate enough to replace work that was previously done physically to prepare t...
” Automation complacency is when automated vehicles or self-driving cars allow drivers to over-rely on the car to prevent crashes. Because the car can take safety measures like forward-collision warnings, automatic emergency braking and lane-departure warnings, drivers may become dangerously ...
Adolescent Motor Vehicle Crash Risk: What's Needed to Understand and Reduce the Risk? Journal of Adolescent Health Volume 46, Issue 1, January 2010, Pages 1-2 Purchase options CorporateFor R&D professionals working in corporate organizations. Academic and personalFor academic or personal use only....
The effect of male teenage passengers on male teenage drivers: Findings from a driving simulator study Studies have shown that teenage drivers are less attentive, more frequently exhibit risky driving behavior, and have a higher fatal crash risk in the prese... MC Ouimet,AK Pradhan,BG Simons-Mo...
Drivers engaging in visually and/or manually complex tasks have a three-times higher near-crash/crash risk than drivers who are attentive. There are specific environmental conditions in which engaging in secondary tasks or driving while drowsy is more dangerous, including intersections, wet roadways,...