A randomized controlled trial evaluating the impact of Plan My Ride, an interactive, web-based safe driving program for young drivers

IF 4.4 2区工程技术 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED

Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour Pub Date : 2025-09-10 DOI:10.1016/j.trf.2025.103351

Rebecca L. Stelter , Allison M. Schmidt , Janis B. Kupersmidt , Kathryn Stump

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Abstract

Completion of driver licensing requirements presents a valuable opportunity to teach teens and young adults skills to drive safely that go beyond the mechanics of driving to prevent motor vehicle crashes, a leading cause of death in these age groups. The Plan My Ride program is a web-based, safe driving program that focuses on avoiding speeding, driving distracted due to cell phones, and impaired driving due to use of alcohol and drugs, informed by the Integrated Behavior Model, designed with and for teen and young adult drivers. In a randomized controlled trial, young drivers were recruited and randomized to complete Plan My Ride or to a waitlist control group. All participants completed surveys at three time points (baseline, 2 weeks, and 3 months). Intent-to-treat analyses compared the intervention and waitlist control groups in their knowledge, attitudes, normative beliefs, self-efficacy, intentions, and behaviors related to safe driving. Follow-up complier average causal effect (CACE) analyses compared participants who completed the seven lessons with similar participants in the waitlist control group. Intent-to-treat analyses indicated that participants randomized to complete the Plan My Ride program had greater knowledge about safe driving and attitudes and normative beliefs supportive of safe driving at the 2-week follow-up. The impact on attitudes supportive of safe driving was sustained at the 3-month follow-up. Follow-up CACE analyses indicated medium effect sizes at both the 2-week and 3-month follow-ups for knowledge, attitudes, and normative beliefs about safe driving. The Plan My Ride program was successful in modifying knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs that are supportive of safe driving behaviors. The lack of statistically significant effects of exposure to the program on safe driving self-efficacy, intentions, and self-reported behaviors suggests the need for future modifications to the program to improve its efficacy.

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一项随机对照试验，评估“我的骑行计划”的影响，这是一项针对年轻司机的交互式网络安全驾驶计划

完成驾驶执照要求提供了一个宝贵的机会，可以教青少年和年轻人安全驾驶的技能，而不仅仅是驾驶技术，以防止机动车辆碰撞，这是这些年龄组的主要死亡原因。“我的乘车计划”是一个基于网络的安全驾驶计划，其重点是避免超速、因手机而分心驾驶，以及因使用酒精和药物而导致的驾驶障碍，该计划由“综合行为模型”提供信息，该模型专为青少年和年轻成年司机设计。在一项随机对照试验中，研究人员招募了年轻司机，并将他们随机分为两组，一组完成“我的乘车计划”，另一组则进入等候名单控制组。所有参与者在三个时间点（基线、2周和3个月）完成调查。意向治疗分析比较了干预组和候补组的知识、态度、规范信念、自我效能、意向和与安全驾驶相关的行为。随访的平均因果效应（CACE）分析比较了完成七节课的参与者与等待名单对照组的类似参与者。意向治疗分析表明，在两周的随访中，随机分配完成“计划我的驾驶”计划的参与者对安全驾驶的知识和支持安全驾驶的态度和规范信念有更大的了解。对安全驾驶态度的影响在3个月的随访中持续存在。随访CACE分析表明，在2周和3个月的随访中，关于安全驾驶的知识、态度和规范信念的效应量中等。“计划我的驾驶”项目成功地改变了支持安全驾驶行为的知识、态度和信念。在安全驾驶自我效能、意图和自我报告行为方面，缺乏统计上显著的影响，这表明未来需要对程序进行修改以提高其功效。

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Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour Multiple-

CiteScore

7.60

自引率

14.60%

发文量

239

审稿时长

71 days

期刊介绍： Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour focuses on the behavioural and psychological aspects of traffic and transport. The aim of the journal is to enhance theory development, improve the quality of empirical studies and to stimulate the application of research findings in practice. TRF provides a focus and a means of communication for the considerable amount of research activities that are now being carried out in this field. The journal provides a forum for transportation researchers, psychologists, ergonomists, engineers and policy-makers with an interest in traffic and transport psychology.