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Context
Currently there is little or no scientific
evidence that driver training and education can
improve driver behaviour. However, research is
steering us towards management and teaching methods
that may be successful. A report commissioned by
the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV), while
critical of mainstream driver training and
education, has suggestions for a new approach (all
of which are inherent in AmbulanceDriving
management principles and educational content).
- …[S]afety-orientated behaviour
program including driver training and education,
must influence either the context within which
the behaviour occurs such that it evokes safer
behaviours, or the psychological and cognitive
processes that underlie behaviour such that the
same context evokes safer behaviours. (p 6)
- Any programs that are likely to be effective
are those that focus on the development of
higher-order skills and competencies, such as
hazard perception/hazard behaviour,
understanding driving goals and contexts,
self-evaluation and knowledge, and understanding
driving motives. (p 36)
- Leading-edge driver development programs of
the future are likely to draw on the concepts
developed via EU Project Gadget. There is a need
to move driver education and training from
vehicle manoeuvring knowledge and skill towards
greater understanding of risks, risk reduction
and self-awareness of one's own strengths and
weaknesses as a driver. (p36)
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