Anne T McCartt

..Although both youth and inexperience contribute to the elevated crash rates of teenage drivers, the relative contribution of these factors has not been firmly established...

..Attitudes toward having this technology in all vehicles were assessed...

..To examine parental decisions about vehicles driven by teenagers and parental knowledge of vehicle safety...

..The purpose of the present study was to evaluate initial effects of camera enforcement on traffic speeds and to assess public attitudes...

..The strengths of state laws were rated good, fair, marginal, or poor based on a system developed previously by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety...

..The initial months of licensure are especially hazardous for teenagers. Factors leading to crashes of novice 16-year-old drivers were identified...

..Vehicle-based crash avoidance systems can potentially reduce crashes, but success depends on driver acceptance and understanding. This study gauged driver use, experience, and acceptance among early adopters of select technologies...

..As of October 2009, seven U.S. states and the District of Columbia (D.C.) ban driving while talking on a handheld cell phone. Long-term effects on driver handheld phone use in D.C., New York State, and Connecticut were examined...

..To obtain detailed information on patterns of driver cell phone use, including how often drivers talk and text, the extent to which they use hands-free devices, and knowledge of and reaction to state cell phone laws...

..The present study examined effects of the ZT law on arrests and case dispositions among underage offenders as a function of blood alcohol concentration (BAC) and post-law patterns of recidivism...

..The present study systematically reviewed police crash reports for a set of roundabouts in Maryland to develop a typology of crashes and identify potential countermeasures...

..The objective was to determine if teenage driving behavior improves when a monitoring and feedback device is installed in the teen's vehicle...

..The research literature on drivers' use of cell phones was reviewed to identify trends in drivers' phone use and to determine the state of knowledge about the safety consequences of such use...

..Understanding the hardcore drinking driver concept in the context of the alcohol-impaired driving problem...

..To examine trends in alcohol consumption and alcohol-related crashes among people younger than 21 in the United States and to review evidence on the effects of minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) laws...

..To assess the perceptions and experiences of participants in a study of a device that monitored teenagers' driving...

..To determine whether Iowa's license restriction program identifies older drivers who appear to be at greater crash risk and to assess compliance with license restrictions...

..To assess the effects of Washington, D.C. law prohibiting drivers' use of hand-held cell phones on such use...

..The effects on driving at various blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) were evaluated, particularly for drivers ages 16-24 targeted by the program...

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..To develop a better understanding of the frequency and characteristics of teenage driver crashes occurring during school commute times...

..Public opinion surveys found widespread concerns about speeding on the Loop 101 freeway and high levels of support for speed camera enforcement on this road...

..To assess parental decision making regarding the timing of teenagers initiating driving and monitoring teenagers' driving after licensure...

..17-0.19% (who also had relatively high BACs but were not subject to enhanced sanctions), after controlling for age and gender. There were similar, but not significant, results for first offenders arrested in 1999...

..This study evaluated the effects of implementing a school belt policy...

..Alternative roof strength measures also were examined in case strength-to-weight ratio (SWR) at 5 inches, the measure in FMVSS 216, is not the best measure...

..Drivers 80 and older were more than twice as likely as drivers ages 65-69 to self-limit their driving...

..Associations between reported rule violations, fatigued driving, and schedule as well as other characteristics were examined...

..However, the accuracy of air bag deployment, the variable in question, is uncertain. This study aimed to provide more certain estimates of nondeployment incidence in fatal frontal crashes...

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..The present study examined current motorcyclists' travel patterns and views of motorcycle helmets and other safety topics...

..This study examined the effects of the law change on the likelihood of death, given involvement in a motorcycle crash...

..Our review, which emphasized inclusion of studies with adequate methodological designs, showed that modification of the built environment can substantially reduce the risk of pedestrian-vehicle crashes...

..Recordkeeping inefficiencies and errors were less important factors in this study...

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..To estimate the effects of red light camera enforcement on per capita fatal crash rates at intersections with signal lights...