Driver Training Stepwise

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Driver Training Stepwise

• New developments

Jan Vissers (DHV)
CIECA Congress Zagreb, May 2008
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Overview

• Driver Training Stepwise
• New assessment method
• Learner Driver Portfolio

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Driver Training Stepwise

• DTS was implemented in 2001
• SUPREME promising measure
• Driver training programme in 4 modules- Vehicle
  operation- Simple manoeuvring and simple driving
  tasks- Complex driving tasks- Safe and
  responsible traffic participation
• Voluntary basis about 5 of all candidates do
  the whole DTS-system including extra test with
  CBR-examiner
• But DTS is used on a more wide scale as a
  training method

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Important DTS principles

• The pupil learns to drive in a series of highly
  structured steps (39 DTS-scripts for standard
  driving tasks)
• The pupil is only allowed to enter the next stage
  of learning (module) if he shows mastery of the
  previous stage
• At the end of each learning stage there is a test
  to assess whether the pupil has obtained the
  required level
• DTS is tailor-made to the demands of the pupil
• Extra elements integrated into the training
  programme (independent driving, ECO-driving,
  track-based experience)
• DTS already focuses on higher levels of
  GDE-matrix, especially in last module
• Within DTS the driving instructor is a driving
  coach

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Evaluation of DTS

• Pass rate on average 20 percentage points higher
  than with traditional training
• DTS trained learner drivers do not need more
  driving lessons (although DTS has some extra
  subjects)
• DTS trained candidates perform better on-
  automation of technical driving skills- social
  driving behaviour- defensive driving- ECO
  driving
• Better communication between candidates, driving
  instructors and examiners

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DTS new assessment instrument, why?

• Scoring faults not consistent with more holistic
  approach of GDE-matrix
• Scoring faults is looking for accidental wrong
  driving behaviour
• The driving test should look for positive
  evidence of competent driving behaviour
• All important driving competencies should be
  assessed

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Competency oriented testing

• Assessment evidence should be documented in a
  systematic way (not only negative points, but
  firstlyfocus on positive points)
• No single fault failures any more
• Assessment of the examiner is made more
  transparent
• Reliability of the driving test will be improved
• Better communication with candidates and driving
  instructors will be achieved

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Assessment form (1)

• Driving areas (sustainable safe road
  infrastructure)/ tasks
• Urban access road in residential areas (30 km/h
  zones)
• Urban distributor road (50 km/h)
• Rural access road in residential areas (60 km/h)
• Rural distributor road (80 km/h)
• Through road (100 / 120 km/h)

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Assessment form (2)

• Criteria/ aspects of driving behaviour
• Driving safely- safe speed- safe space
• Driving socially- give room- communicate
• Flow contributing- smooth and decisive- use the
  road efficiently
• Environment friendly- constant speed- efficient
  use of gears, engine and equipment
• Control- smooth vehicle control- operate
  equipment smoothly

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Assessment form (3)
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Learner Driver Portfolio

• Driver performance assessment
• Driver Risk Assessment- Situational awareness
  test- Risk profile
• Self-evaluation

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Risk Assessment

• Driver questionnaire Categorizes drivers into
  risk groups, for instance low-risk, medium risk,
  high risk
• Situational awareness test Web-based digital
  video test resulting in three risk categories
  pertaining to four subtests
• Recollection of hazard factors
• Action selection decide on a manoeuvre
• Timed response start a manoeuvre in time
• Perception of hazard factors

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Self-evaluation/ driver assessment

• Driver self-assessment Drivers own perception
  of acquired driving competence using an
  illustrated questionnaire
• Driver performance assessmentMultilingual,
  PDA-accessible scoring system for in-car driving
  performance. Standardized scoring rules in
  manual.

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Examples Risk Assessment
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Sample item 1. While driving to destination A,
you wake up frightened and discover you are
driving to destination B, probably because that
is your usual destination.
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Sample item. Item type 1 recollection
What is the speed limit here?
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Sample item. Item type perception
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Sample item. Item type perception
Where do you have to pay attention to at this
moment? Click on the picture.
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Sample item. Item type timed response
Choose the best moment to move to the left for
overtaking. Click on the clip.
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Sample item action selection
What can you do best at this moment?
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Examples Self-assessment
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Do you take your foot off the gas when changing
up a gear?
Sample item of self-evaluation
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How often do you have to stop on the entry lane
because you didnt manage to enter the traffic in
time?
Sample item of self-evaluation
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Driver Performance Assessment

• PDA-accessible
• Scoring system for in-car driving performance
• Standardized scoring rules in a manual

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Individual Driver Report
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Comments and advice
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How to use the portfolio?

• The candidate has to handover his/her Learner
  Driver Portfolio at the final driving test
• The examiner controls if the candidate has a
  reliable Learner Driver Profile and if the
  candidate has done all of the activities that are
  part of the profile
• Self-assessment by the candidate will be
  explicitly compared with the assessment of the
  examiner on the basis of the driving test

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Portfolio strenghts

• By documenting what he/she learns, each pupil is
  forced to think about how factors on the higher
  levels of GDE can influence his/her driving
  behaviour
• The pupil is also forced to assess what his/her
  strong and weak points are at all the levels of
  the GDE-matrix during the various stages of DTS
• The pupil is more actively involved in his own
  driver training process
• Additional authentic evidence about driving
  behaviour that cannot be tested in the driving
  test can be put in the Learner Driver Portfolio

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Portfolio weaknesses

• How the activities of the Learner Driver
  Portfolio are carried out in practice strongly
  depends on the contents of the driver training
  and the way the activities are carried out by the
  driving instructor
• Perhaps it would be possible to have some sort of
  quality control of the driver training/ driving
  instructor (control of the training process
  -performed by the testing authority- by randomly
  testing if activities are carried out in
  prescribed way)
• If there is no quality control the Learner Driver
  Portfolio may not be seriously taken by the
  parties involved (learner driver, driving
  instructor and examiner) the portfolio would
  than end up as a meaningless piece of paper
  that can even be filled out just before the final
  driving test.

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Thank you for your attention!!