Overview
To translate our evidence-based, parent-engagement safe teen driving intervention to a high-risk, rural and urban teen drivers with a traffic violation, and to test the implementation, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of the proposed intervention.
Description
For this study, 290 teen and parent/guardian dyads will be randomized into one of three study groups for 12 months with 6 months of active data collection. Teens will be aged 16-17 who committed a moving-related traffic violation and their parent/legal guardian who is most involved with their driving. Dyads will be recruited from both urban and rural counties in Ohio following the teen's moving violation conviction. The study will determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the intervention on teens' risky driving events, unsafe driving behaviors, traffic violation recidivism, and motor vehicle collisions (MVCs), as well as frequency and quality of parent-teen communications about safe driving practices. Additionally, the study will determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the peer-delivered intervention vs. expert-delivered intervention on the outcomes of the interest. Finally, the study will assess the barriers/facilitators to the adoption and implementation of the intervention in rural and urban families.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Teen must be 16 or 17 years old at the time of the moving-related violation
- Teen must be a first-time offender and be found guilty of committing the violation
- Teen must possess a valid Ohio provisional driver's license and proof of car insurance
- Teen must have access to a vehicle with an On-board Diagnostics II system port (i.e., cars made after 1996) in which they are the primary driver
- Teen must have a smart phone with Bluetooth capabilities
Exclusion Criteria:
- Teen is unable to drive due to injury, has a suspended driver's license, and/or car damage
- Teen has previously received a traffic citation
- Vehicle already has an in-vehicle driving feedback system installed
- Teen has non-English speaking parents
- Teen is currently enrolled in another driving-related study
- Teen is a ward of the State
- Adults unable to consent
- Pregnant women
- Prisoners