This was the group Obrien and his group decided to study. After looking at date from the devices installed in the cars, the results came in and were kind of expected. The crash changed the teens driving style almost immediately. The first 2 months, collision-involved participants opted to drive safely. They didn’t have high acceleration events. By the third month however, the teens started to back to their old driving habits. There were more reports of high accelerated events. The study shows that having a severe crash has an effect on teen’s driving behavior for a short period of time, but they eventually go back to their old driving
This was the group Obrien and his group decided to study. After looking at date from the devices installed in the cars, the results came in and were kind of expected. The crash changed the teens driving style almost immediately. The first 2 months, collision-involved participants opted to drive safely. They didn’t have high acceleration events. By the third month however, the teens started to back to their old driving habits. There were more reports of high accelerated events. The study shows that having a severe crash has an effect on teen’s driving behavior for a short period of time, but they eventually go back to their old driving