Hazard anticipation of young novice drivers - SWOV

2. Determinants that influence hazard anticipation
of young novice drivers
2.1. Introduction
The types of crashes in which young drivers are involved, differ from the
types of crashes older, more experienced drivers are involved. Young novice
drivers have relatively more single-vehicle crashes (mostly due to loss of
control), head-on collisions and crashes on intersections (Clarke et al., 2006;
Harrison, Triggs, & Pronk, 1999; Laapotti & Keskinen, 1998; McKnight &
McKnight, 2003). Young novice drivers share the overrepresentation of
crashes on intersections with drivers of 70 years of age and older.
In this chapter, the literature is reviewed about the underlying causes of
the high crash rate of young novice drivers and the types of crashes in which
they are involved. In particular, those studies are reviewed about
determinants that indirectly affect hazard anticipation. A taxonomy for the
classification of the different studies about the 'young novice driver problem'
is presented in Section 2.2. In the subsequent sections, the studies are
discussed along the hierarchical structure of this taxonomy. Of almost each
determinant mentioned in the taxonomy, a literature review can be written
that is as comprehensive as this complete thesis. Therefore, the overview of
underlying factors presented in this chapter is limited in detail. The emphasis
of the literature reviewed in this chapter is on the cognitiveneuropsychological
aspects of being a young novice driver. Of other
determinates only the most important aspects are reviewed.
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