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Teenage Passenger Influences on Driving Performance of Teenage Drivers

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00716378
First received: July 15, 2008
Last updated: November 17, 2010
Last verified: November 2010
History of Changes
  Purpose

This study, conducted at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, will examine how male teenage driving performance varies in the presence or absence of male teenage passengers. It will explore what information teen drivers and their passengers use when making decisions that affect their performance on the road.

Male drivers under 18 years of age who have a Junior Operator's or Full License and have driven at least once in the month before enrolling in the study may be eligible to participate.

In a university laboratory, participants sit in a 1995 Saturn sedan and operate the controls of the car just as they would those of any other car, during simulated drives in urban, suburban and rural areas. They are fitted with a head-mounted eye tracker that records their point of gaze in real time. On one drive, the subject drives alone; on another, a male passenger rides along. After the drives, the subject fills out some questionnaires.


Condition Intervention
Motor Vehicle Crash Injuries
 Behavioral: Teen Passenger Presence

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single Blind
Primary Purpose: Prevention
Official Title: Teenage Passenger Influences on the Simulated Driving Performance of Teenage Drivers

Further study details as provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Risky Driving Behavior

Estimated Enrollment: 36
Study Start Date: July 2008
Study Completion Date: November 2010
Primary Completion Date: November 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Intervention Details:
    Behavioral: Teen Passenger Presence
    N/A
Detailed Description:

The purpose of this research is to examine how male teenage driving performance varies in the presence or absence of high versus low risk accepting male teenage passengers. Driving performance includes attention and risk measures including eye glance behaviors, speed management, following distance, closing speed and gap acceptance. To what extent does driving performance vary as a product of the male teen passenger risk- acceptance compared with no passenger present?

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   16 Years to 18 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Male
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria
  • INCLUSION CRITERIA:

Only male driver and passengers

Under the age of 18

Having a provisional or full license (i.e. allowing driving without supervision)

Having driven in the past 3 months

Having normal or corrected-to-normal vision (i.e. contact lenses or eye glasses are accepted)

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

Females

Motion sickness

  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00716378

Locations
United States, Maryland
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), 9000 Rockville
Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
Sponsors and Collaborators
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
  More Information

Publications:

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00716378     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: 999908183, 08-CH-N183
Study First Received: July 15, 2008
Last Updated: November 17, 2010
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):
Simulated Driving
Risky Driving Behavior
Social Influences

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 16, 2013