Teens' distracted driving behavior: Prevalence and predictors
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Introduction Teen drivers' over-involvement in crashes has been attributed to a variety of factors, including distracted driving. With the rapid development of in-vehicle systems and portable electronic devices, the burden associated with distracted driving is expected to increase. The current study identifies predictors of secondary task engagement among teenage drivers and provides basis for interventions to reduce distracted driving behavior. We described the prevalence of secondary tasks by type and driving conditions and evaluated the associations between the prevalence of secondary task engagement, driving conditions, and selected psychosocial factors.Methods The private vehicles of 83 newly-licensed teenage drivers were equipped with Data Acquisition Systems (DAS), which documented driving performance measures, including secondary task engagement and driving environment characteristics. Surveys administered at licensure provided psychosocial measures.Results Overall, teens engaged in a potentially distracting secondary task in 58% of sampled road clips. The most prevalent types of secondary tasks were interaction with a passenger, talking/singing (no passenger), external distraction, and texting/dialing the cell phone. Secondary task engagement was more prevalent among those with primary vehicle access and when driving alone. Social norms, friends' risky driving behaviors, and parental limitations were significantly associated with secondary task prevalence. In contrast, environmental attributes, including lighting and road surface conditions, were not associated with teens' engagement in secondary tasks.Conclusions Our findings indicated that teens engaged in secondary tasks frequently and poorly regulate their driving behavior relative to environmental conditions. Practical applications: Peer and parent influences on secondary task engagement provide valuable objectives for countermeasures to reduce distracted driving among teenage drivers.
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- Authors
- Gershon, P., Zhu, C., Klauer, S. G., Dingus, T., & Simons-Morton, B.
- Affiliations
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (US)
- Corresponding author
- Gershon, Pnina
- Venue
- Journal of Safety Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-12
- Volume
- 63
- Pages
- 157-161
- ISSN
- 0022-4375 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6198653
- OpenAlex
- W2766953670
- Cited by
- 52
- References
- 32
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 7.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- europepmc.org
- Locations
- Journal of Safety Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (N01-HD-5-3405)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality › Traffic and Road Safety
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Older Adults Driving Studies
- Keywords
- teen drivers, driver distraction, secondary task engagement, passenger interaction, driving conditions, social norms, peer influence, parental restriction, novice drivers, driving performance
- MeSH terms
- Distracted Driving, Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Attention, Environment, Female, Humans, Licensure, Male, Parents, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk-Taking, Safety, Social Environment, Prevalence, Friends, Cell Phone, Social Norms
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