Teen Driver Safety
A New Research Tool to Predict Young Driver Behavior
Today we are pleased to welcome a guest blog post from Santiago Ontañón, PhD, a research scientist and assistant professor at the College of Computing and Informatics at Drexel University. Dr. Ontañón led a study, “Learning to Predict Driver Behavior from Observation,” and recently presented on the findings at the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Spring Symposia on Learning from Observation of Humans at Stanford University.
Teens On the Autism Spectrum Are Getting Licensed
Read about new research led by Allison E. Curry, PhD regarding teens with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) getting licensed.
TeenDrivingPlan Practice Guide And YouTube Channel
One of CIRP@CHOP's most popular downloads continues to be the TeenDrivingPlan Practice Guide, a free evidenced-based guide for parents on how to help teens practice their driving.
Improving Road Safety in India
Learn about a new Penn Nursing/CIRP@CHOP study that surveyed employees in India to develop strategies for improving traffic safety in this guest blog post from Sara Jacoby, PhD, MPH, RN.
Alcohol Policy Scale: A Novel Tool for Studying Alcohol Effect on Youth Crash Fatalities
A recent study taps useful research tools and data sources to shed light on the importance of strong state alcohol policies in preventing young people from dying in alcohol-related crashes.
Teen Road Safety Workshops Roll into Lifesavers Conference March 26-28, 2017
New Jersey Traffic Safety Outcomes (NJ-TSO) research will be featured in two of the eight workshops in the Teen Traffic Safety track at Lifesavers Conference in Charlotte, NC, running Sunday, March 26 - Tuesday, March 28.
Stakeholder Assessment Contributes to Program Planning Guide
New Resource Alert: Teen Driving Program Planning & Evaluation Guide
Learn how to establish and implement an evidence-informed, practical process to plan, select, and evaluate teen driver safety programs with this new resource from experts at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).
Parking Lot Distractions
In this post, we discuss the findings of a recent National Safety Council poll on driving behaviors in parking lots.