Despite the progress made between the early 1980s and the mid-1990s, traffic crashes remain the single largest cause of death among 15-24 year-old Canadians. In recent years, approximately 45% of these deaths have been alcohol-related and, no doubt, additional youth crash deaths are drug-related. While young people are significantly overrepresented in impairment-related deaths as drivers, their...

Driving and dementia is a relatively new field of research. The subject first appeared in the literature in the 1980s and since then the number of studies exploring this issue has exploded. The population is ageing and the number of drivers around the world is increasing. Consequently, the increasing number of people driving with dementia will pose significant demands on the Driver and Vehicle ...

Young drivers are over represented in motor vehicle crash statistics. As a measure to reduce young driver crashes many high-income countries operate graduated driver licensing systems, which are designed to limit new drivers’ exposure to high risk driving situations. Graduated licensing provides an important opportunity for parents to take an active role in the “learning to drive” process, ofte...

The Austroads older driver licensing model calls for a quick and convenient, valid screening test to provide an early assessment of fitness to drive. This paper presents the evidence from two key sources regarding the usefulness of screening tests in this context. First, the research literature has been examined to assess the validity and usefulness of some leading screening tests being used ov...

OBJECTIVE This study examines the association of nighttime driving and the carrying of passengers with the rate of motor vehicle crashes that resulted in severe or fatal injury to young drivers in California before the implementation of a graduated licensing system. METHOD Passenger vehicle drivers aged 16 or 17 involved in injury crashes in California from 1 January 1993 to 30 June 1998 were...

OBJECTIVE Though many jurisdictions internationally now require learner drivers to complete a specified number of hours of supervised driving practice before being able to drive unaccompanied, very few require learner drivers to complete a log book to record this practice and then present it to the licensing authority. Learner drivers in most Australian jurisdictions must complete a log book th...

Prior to 2016, motorcycle licensing in Victoria, Australia, required off-road (range) skills testing only, focusing on vehicle-handling skills. The objective of this research was to develop an education and assessment curriculum commensurate with best practice that included on-road components and increased focus on awareness, judgment, and decision-making skills. No single best-practice curricu...

The Lean Thinking ideology has established tools and techniques needed to reduce non-value-added activities such as waiting time, overproduction, transportation, motion, inventory defects within an organization’s value stream. Numerous organizations across the world have applied attained vast benefits. This research examined obstacles or barriers implementation at Driver Vehicle Licensing Autho...