Effects of Education on Speeding Behavior

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of the U.S. Department of Transportation is seeking approval to collect information from licensed drivers who were recently cited for speeding for a one-time, voluntary study of the effects of an education course on speeding behavior. NHTSA proposes to approach up to 500 drivers appearing at the Wake County, NC district court because of speeding infractions to ascertain their interest in participating in the study after their case has been adjudicated. Wake County, NC was chosen because of the contractor’s knowledge of the area and district court procedures. Of the 500 drivers, we expect to collect information from 300 potential participants to determine their eligibility for the study with the goal of recruiting 200 voluntary participants. Participants will be randomly assigned so that half will be in the experimental group, which receives the education course, and half will be in the control group that does not receive the training. The 200 participants will complete an informed consent form and a sensation-seeking questionnaire to measure psychological factors related to risky behaviors. Participants will also complete driver speeding questionnaires at the beginning, middle, and end of the study to explore any changes in their attitudes and beliefs regarding speeding as well as their self-reported tendency to speed during the study period. The experimental group will also complete a course evaluation after taking the training course. The sensation-seeking questionnaire will be used as a control in predicting speeding behaviors as sensation-seeking has been related to speeding in the past. In addition, NHTSA will collect naturalistic driving data, which involves unobtrusive observation of driving in a natural, on-road setting using a vehicle instrumented with position, speed, and other sensors. This collection is solely reporting to the research team, and there are no record-keeping costs to the respondents. NHTSA will use the information to produce a technical report that presents the results of the study. The technical report will provide aggregate (summary) statistics and tables as well as the results of statistical analysis of the information, but it will not include any personal information. The technical report will be shared with State highway offices, local governments, and those who develop driver education and traffic safety communications that aim to reduce speed-related crashes. The technical report will also be available to the public. The total estimated burden for recruiting: for approaching 500 participants to describe the study (83 hours), for screening 300 participants (45 hours), and for 200 participants to complete the study (842 hours) is 969 total hours.

The latest form for Effects of Education on Speeding Behavior expires 2023-09-30 and can be found here.

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