Search for dissertations about: "young drivers"

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2. 1. Young Drivers and Their Passengers : Crash Risk and Group Processes

   Author : Inger Engström; Kjell Granström; Nils Petter Gregersen; Håkan Alm; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : Young drivers; passengers; crash risk; group processes; Unga förare; passagerare; olycksrisk; grupprocesser; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : The overall aim was to elucidate the effects of vehicle passengers on young drivers. This generated two specific aims and four papers. The first aim was to investigate the crash risk for young drivers with passengers and to establish whether such accidents involve any special circumstances compared to those that occur without passengers. READ MORE

4. 2. The Potential of Driver Education to Reduce Traffic Crashes Involving Young Drivers

   Author : Anders Nyberg; Nils Petter Gregersen; Lars Åberg; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Driver education; Young drivers; Public health; Traffic safety. Attitudes; Questionnnaires; Crashes; Social medicine; Socialmedicin;

   Abstract : Traffic fatalities and injuries among young drivers as a result of road crashes constitute a serious public health problem. The ultimate goal of traffic safety work in Sweden has been formulated in Vision Zero, which includes an image of a future in which no one will be killed or seriously injured in traffic crashes. READ MORE

5. 3. Promoting traffic safety among young male drivers - the role of mental elaboration

   Author : Birgitta Falk; Henry Montgomery; Ola Svenson; Frank McKenna; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Young drivers; driving behaviour; social influence; persuasion; risk behaviour; intervention; speeding; test-retest effect; traffic safety; Psychology; Psykologi; psykologi; Psychology;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the potential of mental elaboration as a means of decreasing risky driving among young male drivers. Around 600 young male drivers participated in the three studies. READ MORE

6. 4. Understanding Subgroups of Novice Drivers : A Basis for Increased Safety and Health

   Author : Hans-Yngve Berg; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : novice drivers; security; health; accidents; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : Every year, drivers throughout the world are killed or injured in road traffic, particularly in developing countries. Young drivers run a greater risk everywhere, and this problem is still largely unsolved. Better understanding of the underlying processes could, however, be a useful tool in preventive endeavours. READ MORE

7. 5. Prevention of road accidents among young novice car drivers

   Author : Nils-Petter Gregersen; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : The thesis presents five different studies with the overall purpose of developing better preconditions for preventing accidents among young novice drivers. Too many young drivers are killed or injured in road accidents all over the world and we have still not succeeded in reducing their overrisk and fully understanding the interaction between the processes behind their accident involvement. READ MORE