Young novice drivers are overrepresented in road accidents. Although they quickly acquire
the skills needed to control a motor vehicle, it takes much longer for novice drivers to …

A Practical Resource for Understanding, Preventing, and Managing Driver Distraction It is
estimated that up to 23 percent of crashes and near-crashes are caused by driver …

Two studies were undertaken to obtain empirical support for the existence of driver subtypes
in the young novice driver population. In Study 1, 198 participants (55% male) aged 16 to 19 …

Objective: Evaluation of the effects of a PC-based training program on risk perception in a
driving simulator. Background: Novice drivers have a fatality rate some eight times higher …

Driver education classes were once seen as a remedy for young drivers overin-volvement in
crashes, but research results from the early 1970s were disappointing. Few changes in the …

Novice drivers are at a greatly inflated risk of crashing. This led in the 20th century to
numerous attempts to develop training programs that could reduce their crash risk. Yet, none …

This paper contributes to the recent behavioral economics literature by showing that whether
or not overconfidence changes qualitative predictions in asymmetric information markets …

Abstract As argued by Werner DeBondt and Richard H. Thaler (1995):“Perhaps the most
robust finding in the psychology of judgment is that people are overconfident.” This paper …

The work of this task force was initiated in 2008 in the context of Road Safety Vision 2010,
Canada's national road safety plan. The goal of the vision was to make Canadian roads the …

Objectives. Teenagers have the lowest rate of safety belt use and the highest crash rate
compared to other age groups. Past studies on teenagers' belt use have mostly been cross …