Intervention to Improve Driving Practices Among High-Risk Teen Drivers

Description

The purpose of this study is to test the effects of an in-vehicle driving feedback technology, with and without parent communication training, on risky driving events, unsafe driving behaviors, and subsequent traffic violations among teens who have recently received a moving traffic violation.

Conditions

Drive, Recidivism, Communication, Feedback, Psychological

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Study overview

The purpose of this study is to test the effects of an in-vehicle driving feedback technology, with and without parent communication training, on risky driving events, unsafe driving behaviors, and subsequent traffic violations among teens who have recently received a moving traffic violation.

Intervention to Improve Driving Practices Among High-Risk Teen Drivers

Intervention to Improve Driving Practices Among High-Risk Teen Drivers

Condition
Drive
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Columbus

Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43205

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Age 16-17 years at time of violation
  • * Convicted of a moving violation
  • * Possess a valid intermediate driver's license issued by the state of Ohio, with proof of car insurance
  • * Access to a vehicle with an On-board Diagnostics II system port (i.e. cars made after 1996) in which he/she is the primary driver
  • * Smartphone with Bluetooth capabilities
  • * At least one legal guardian
  • * Unable to drive due to injury, license suspension, or car damage
  • * Vehicle already has an in-vehicle driving feedback system installed
  • * Extremely low average weekly drive time (e.g. \<1 hour per week)
  • * Currently enrolled in another driving-related study
  • * War of the State
  • * Non-English speaking parent
  • * Adults unable to consent
  • * Pregnant women
  • * Prisoners

Ages Eligible for Study

16 Years to 17 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Ginger Yang,

Jingzhen (Ginger) Yang, PhD, MPH, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Nationwide Children's Hospital

Study Record Dates

2025-10-15