ABSTRACT
The Problem. The three most common crash types for drivers under age 18 are run-off-road crashes (primarily on curves), intersection crashes (primarily left turns), and rear-end crashes (primarily on straight segments), accounting for some 80% of the total crashes. We will focus on just these three crash types, the former two being among the deadliest for teen and novice drivers. Novice Drivers Need to Mitigate More Often. It is well known that novice drivers fail to anticipate hazards and maintain attention on the forward roadway. Thus novice drivers will need to mitigate hazards more frequently than experienced drivers. Novice Drivers Mitigate More Poorly. Not only do novice drivers mitigate hazards less often than experienced drivers, but their mitigation behaviors are often less safe than experienced drivers. We will discuss what types of mitigation behaviors should be initiated before a hazard materializes (the potential hazard phase) and, where research is available, the differences between the types of mitigation behaviors of novice and experienced drivers. And we will discuss what types of mitigation behavior should be initiated when a hazard materializes (the immediate hazard phase) and the differences that exist between the mitigation behaviors of novice and experienced drivers during this phase irrespective of whether the driver anticipated
8.1 Introduction ........................................................................................86 8.2 Run-Off-Road Crashes: Rollovers, Off-Road Impacts,
8.5 Conclusions..........................................................................................98 Acknowledgments ..........................................................................................99 References ........................................................................................................99
