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Title: MEASURING MOTORIST COMPREHENSION OF FLORIDA'S SCHOOL BUS STOP LAW AND SCHOOL BUS SIGNALIZATION DEVICES
Accession Number: 00757498
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: Motorists' knowledge of Florida's school bus stop law (the Law) and various school bus signalizations was investigated and is summarized. The study focused on determining the level of motorists' knowledge regarding their driving responsibilities as defined in the Law and the meaning of the various signalizations used on school buses. To gather the necessary information, a simple one-page survey was developed and distributed to a random sample of driver's license examining offices in the state. Summary statistics indicate that significant confusion exists on the part of motorists regarding their responsibilities as defined in the Law as well as the meaning of the various school bus signalizations. In addition to the reporting of summary statistics, many logistic regression models were developed using the sample data to determine the odds ratios of increasing motorists' knowledge of the Law and signalizations associated with explanatory variables including age, gender, ethnicity, receipt of a citation for violation of the Law, and recent exposure to safety information about the Law and signalizations via driver training courses, public service announcements (PSAs) on TV or radio, or some other form of electronic or printed media, for example. Findings from some of the models indicate that certain factors significantly increased and decreased the odds of motorists having knowledge of the Law and various signalizations. Recommendations include increasing the awareness of motorists through PSAs, adding questions to driver's license examinations about stopping for school buses, and decreasing the period of time between required driver's license renewals.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1640, Traffic Safety: Management, Enforcement, Older Drivers, Heavy Vehicles, and Motorcycles.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Baltes, M RPagination: p. 10-16
Publication Date: 1998
Serial: ISBN: 0309065127
Features: Figures
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; References
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; Tables
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Dec 9 1998 12:00AM
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