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April 2, 2018

TDS Zero Crazy Distracted Driving Results – Spring 2018

Zero Crazy distractions logoDuring the spring of 2018, Teens in the Driver Seat (TDS) supported an activity at TDS schools to decrease electronic use among teen drivers and adult drivers who transport students. The activity, Zero Crazy, is in its fifth year and consists of a pre-observation, three weeks of messaging, a post-observation, and a pizza party for schools that completed and returned all observation data. The activity was offered to all program schools. Thirty-six high schools and junior high schools signed up to complete the activity, twenty-one of those returned all data and received a report of their results and a $50 gift card for their accomplishment.

High school student teams were asked to observe teen drivers and log if they were or were not visibly using an electronic device. Junior High student teams were asked to observe adult drivers and log electronic use.

The 2018 data again suggests teens are more distracted behind the wheel than adults, which is on par with national statistics. As a continuation of last year’s discovery, when we compare schools that have participated in the activity multiple years with first-year activity schools, we found that the multi-year (participated 2, 3, 4, and 5 years) young driver pre-observations were higher than first-year young driver pre-observations. These results suggest regular focus on this risk is resulting in less young driver distractions over time.

Questions may be directed to Stacey Tisdale at [email protected].

This year, we looked at annual post-data by gender and found that female teen drivers surpassed, then matched matched male teen drivers for undistracted driving over the last two years.

Young Driver Multi-Year vs. First Year School Results

(Contains only schools that observed teens in their pre- and post-observations. Weighted average.)

First Year Schools

                                                                        Pre-Observations              Post-Observations

Sampling                                                         5,176                                       5,661
Drivers displaying no electronic use             80.3%                                      85.6%  +5.3%

 

Multiple Year Schools

                                                                        Pre-Observations              Post-Observations

Sampling                                                         1,009                                       1,009
Drivers displaying no electronic use             88.3%                                      95.0%    +6.7%

 

 

All School 2018 Results

(Weighted average.)

                                                                        Pre-Observations              Post-Observations

Sampling                                                         2,029                                       2,108
Drivers displaying no electronic use             85.1%                                       90.3%  +4.8%

 

Texas Results

(Weighted average.)

Texas High Schools (teen drivers)

                                                                        Pre-Observations             Post-Observations

Sampling                                                         732                                          753
Drivers displaying no electronic use             79.9%                                      90.4%  +10.5%

 

Texas Junior High Schools (adult drivers)

                                                                        Pre-Observations              Post-Observations

Sampling                                                         124                                          129
Drivers displaying no electronic use             88.0%                                      91.0%  +3.0%

 

Nebraska Results (teen drivers)

(Weighted average.)

                                                                        Pre-Observations              Post-Observations

Sampling                                                         340                                          340
Drivers displaying no electronic use             85.5%                                      90.3%  +4.8%

 

Colorado Results (teen drivers)

(Weighted average.)

                                                                        Pre-Observations              Post-Observations

Sampling                                                         268                                          287
Drivers displaying no electronic use             84.8%                                      90.9%  +6.1%

 

Georgia Results

(Weighted average.)

Georgia High Schools (teen drivers)

                                                                        Pre-Observations             Post-Observations

Sampling                                                         589                                          628
Drivers displaying no electronic use             89.1%                                      97.3%  +8.2%

 

Georgia Junior High Schools (adult drivers)

                                                                        Pre-Observations             Post-Observations

Sampling                                                         71                                             73
Drivers displaying no electronic use             86.0%                                     84.0%  -2.0%

 

State Farm School Results (teen drivers)

(Weighted average.)

                                                                        Pre-Observations            Post-Observations

Sampling                                                         100                                          100
Drivers displaying no electronic use             99.0%                                      99.0%  +0.0%

 

 

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