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Safety Culture
Attitudes and behaviors toward safety are a reflection of the value placed on it within the community. We hope that through research and education, people will change their attitudes toward safety and consequently improve their behavior on the road. .

Peter Kissinger, CEO AAA Foundation for Traffic SafetyBlog - Foundation President and CEO Peter Kissinger’s thoughts on the topics affecting our safety culture.

New! Unlicensed to Kill - 18% of fatal crashes involved an improperly licensed or unlicensed driver.

2011 Traffic Safety Culture Index - Key measures of our attitudes toward safe driving from the past year..

Impact Speed and a Pedestrian’s Risk of Severe Injury or Death

Toward Operationalizing and Measuring Traffic Safety Culture

Distracted Driving - Safety should be the #1 priority. Learn more and take the Pledge to drive distraction free.

Aggressive Driving - Are you an aggressive driver? Learn more about aggressive driving behavior.

Drowsy Driving - Two Out of Five Drivers Admit to Falling Asleep at the Wheel.

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usRAP
A pilot program to test the technical and political feasibility of instituting a road safety asseessment program in cooperation with federal, state, and local highway agencies and other stakeholders.

United States Road Assessment Program (usRAP) Expands - Learn more.

usRAP Risk MapusRAP (U.S. Road Assessment Program) Phase III Released - Risk maps for four additional states are now available, as well as a detailed report (PDF: 6.4 MB) on methodlogy and results for Phase III of the project.

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Teen Drivers
Teenagers are more likely to be in a crash than any other driver demographic. Our goal is to help reduce that risk through innovative research and education to help both teens, parents and teachers.

Teen Drivers 50% More Likely to Crash in First Month of Unsupervised Driving Than After First Year Behind the Wheel.

Teen Driving Safety

Keys2Drive - AAA's new parent and teen safe driving website

Driver-ZED - Manage the risks; master the road

Teen Driving Research...

 


Older Drivers
Seniors are generally a safe group of motorists, but aging can cause changes that impact one’s ability to safely operate a car. We want to educate seniors and their families about these changes and provide resources to help older drivers evaluate and improve their driving abilities.

Roadwise Review OnlineFREE Roadwise Review Online - Screening tool for senior drivers. Assess key physical, mental, and visual skills in as little as 30 minutes.

Drivesharp! Retrain your brain to optimize your safe driving skills by using Posit Science DriveSharpTM software.


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Seniordrivers.org website

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