New Findings from University of Rouen in Risk Management Provides New Insights (Does early training improve driving skills of young novice French…

New Findings from University of Rouen in Risk Management Provides New Insights (Does early training improve driving skills of young novice French drivers?)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Research findings on Risk Management are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting originating in Mont St. Aignan, France, by VerticalNews journalists, research stated, "The aim of this research was to study drivers' performances and divided attention depending on their initial training. The performances of young novice' drivers who received early training, traditionally trained drivers and more experienced drivers were compared during a dual task consisting of a simulated car following task and a number' parity judgment task."

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from the University of Rouen, "It was expected that, due to their limited driving experience, the young novice drivers would have more difficulty in adequately distributing their attention between the two tasks. Poorer performances by novice drivers than experienced drivers were therefore expected. The results indicate that traditionally trained drivers had more difficulties in speed regulation and maintaining their position in the lane than drivers with early training and experienced drivers. Performance impairment linked to driving inexperience was also found in the secondary task."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "The results were interpreted regarding the attentional resources involved in driving with a secondary task and supported the positive effects of French early training."

For more information on this research see: Does early training improve driving skills of young novice French drivers? Accident Analysis and Prevention, 2016;96():228-236. Accident Analysis and Prevention can be contacted at: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, England. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Accident Analysis and Prevention - www.journals.elsevier.com/accident-analysis-and-prevention/)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting C. Freydier, University of Rouen, UFR Sci Homme & Soc, Dept. of PsycholEA 4966, Lab ICONES Psychol & Neurosci Integrat COgnit NEu, F-76821 Mont St Aignan, France. Additional authors for this research include C. Berthelon and M. Bastien-Toniazzo.

Keywords for this news article include: Mont St. Aignan, France, Europe, Risk Management, University of Rouen.

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