Evaluation of teenage driver understanding of traffic control devices /

administered to the same participants after the

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ford, Garry Lee
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1999.
Subjects:
Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy
Description
Summary:administered to the same participants after the
and after a driver education course. The initial
and/or an increased emphasis on the correct meaning of
be understood at different levels: desirable, less
combinations, eight regulatory signs, 14 warning
completion of the driver education program. The
control devices in use in Texas and to identify the
curriculum.
desirable (correct response rates less than 85
developed and administered to a group of teenage
devices that are continually misunderstood after
driver education course. The post-test was
driver education. The traffic control devices
drivers between 15 and 18 years of age, both before
drivers with regards to their understanding of 53
evaluated in the study included six sign shape/color
evaluated in this study was found to be less than
identified traffic control devices which were found to
In terms of correct response rates, the results
indications. A total of 260 teenage drivers
objectives of this study were to assess the current
participated in the pre-test and 172 in the post-test.
percents; however, the results indicated that there
rate after driver education. Recommendations include
signs, seven pavement markings, and 11 signal
signs, seven railroad, school zone, and construction
survey, or pre-test, assessed teenagers' knowledge
teenage driver understanding of selected traffic
than desirable, and less than adequate. In general,
the addition of devices to the Texas Drivers Handbook
the comprehension level of the traffic control devices
This research documents the evaluation of teenage graphics.
traffic control devices in the driver education
traffic control devices. A multiple choice survey was
was a significant increase in mean correct response
without any formal driving training and before the
Item Description:"Major subject: Civil Engineering".
Vita.
Physical Description:x, 129 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (leaves 98-101).