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Title	ANNUAL TABULATIONS OF MATURE DRIVER PROGRAM DRIVING RECORD COMPARISONS - 1991. ANNUAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Accession No	00622115
Corp. Authors / Publisher	California Department of Motor Vehicles
Publication Date	19910600
Description	30 p.
Abstract	The California Legislature established the mature driver improvement program (MDI) through enactment of Assembly Bill 2610 (Katz, 1986). The legislation required the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to set standards for, and develop criteria for approving, education courses designed to update the driving skills and knowledge of drivers 55 years of age and older. The MDI course curriculum, required to be developed by DMV, includes information on defensive driving, traffic laws, and the traffic safety effect of driver fatigue and health, among other topics. The law also requires DMV to submit an annual report to the Legislature by July 1 of each year. The report is to include information on any differences between the driving records of MDI course graduates and those of drivers with similar characteristics, and on factors that might influence course participation. The two primary inferential issues addressed in the report are (1) whether MDI course graduates are at less actuarial accident risk than nonparticipants and (2) whether the MDI program reduces accident risk. The present study constitutes the third annual report on the program.
Supplemental Information	See also report for 1990, PB92-101591.
TRT Terms	Aged drivers ; Defensive drivers ; Driver improvement programs ; Driver records ; Drivers ; Fatigue (Physiological condition) ; Traffic regulations ; Traffic safety ; Training devices
Geographical Terms	California
Other Terms	Defensive driving; Driver fatigue; Driver improvement; Driving records; Elderly drivers; Traffic laws; Training aids
Subject Areas	H52 HUMAN FACTORS; H51 SAFETY; I83 Accidents and the Human Factor
Report Number	CAL-DMV-RES-91-130
Availability	National Technical Information Service Order Number: PB92-101575/WTS
Document Source	National Technical Information Service
TRIS Files	HRIS
Database	TRIS Online

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