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Delivery Drivers Training and its Impact on Accidents and Crashes Reduction
Annotated Bibliography 7
Ahmed Rahhali
GRAD 695
Vernick, J. S., Li, G., Ogaitis, S., MacKenzie, E. J., Baker, S. P., & Gielen, A. C. (1999). Effects of high school driver education on motor vehicle crashes, violations, and licensure. American journal of preventive medicine, 16(1), 40-46.
This source was credible for this research as it gave out details of looking into the effectiveness of high school driving education, which is basically the first kind of education anyone is able to receive. The result from the research was that high school education does not reduce crashes in young drivers.
Mayhew, D. R., Simpson, H. M., Williams, A. F., & Ferguson, S. A. (1998). Effectiveness and role of driver education and training in a graduated licensing system. Journal of public health policy, 19(1), 51-67.
The article looks at formal driver training programs/education around the world. The programs are considered to be effective and helps drivers to drive safely but at the same time there is no empirical evidence that supports this notion. With the introduction of graduated driver licensing, it has somehow helped to improve the standards of driver licensing. The article contemporary review of driver training and education.
Zhang, T., Li, J., Thai, H., Zafian, T., Samuel, S., & Fisher, D. L. (2016, September). Evaluation of the effect of a novice driver training program on citations and crashes. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 1991-1995). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications.
This resource on the hand focus on the Novice driver training programs, also know as the delivery drivers in this case. The report has come around the fact that the conventional driver training and education is not enough for delivery drivers or for nay driver in that case, but the novice driver training is effective as it proves to reduce crashes and accidents through the special program; hazard anticipation.