Hellinga Laurie A, McCartt Anne T, Haire Emily R
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 1005 North Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22201 USA.
J Safety Res. 2007;38(6):707-13. doi: 10.1016/j.jsr.2007.10.003. Epub 2007 Nov 13.
To examine parental decisions about vehicles driven by teenagers and parental knowledge of vehicle safety.
About 300 parents were interviewed during spring 2006 in Minnesota, North Carolina, and Rhode Island while teenagers took their first on-road driving tests.
Fewer than half of parents surveyed said teenagers would be the primary drivers of the chosen vehicles. Parents most often cited safety, existing family vehicle, and reliability when explaining the choices for their teenagers' vehicles. About half of the vehicles intended for teenagers were small/mini/sports cars, pickups, or SUVs - vehicles considered less safe for teenagers than midsize/large cars or minivans. A large majority of vehicles were 2001 models or earlier. Vehicles purchased in anticipation of adding a new driver to the family were more likely to be the sizes/types considered less safe than vehicles already owned. Few parents insisted on side airbags or electronic stability control, despite strong evidence of their safety benefits. Even when asked to identify ideal vehicles for their teenagers to drive, about half of parents identified less safe vehicle sizes/types. Most parents knew that midsize/large vehicles are safer than small vehicles, and at least half of parents said SUVs and pickups are not safe for teenage drivers, citing instability.
The majority of parents understood some of the important criteria for choosing safe vehicles for their teenagers. However, parents actually selected many vehicles for teenagers that provide inferior crash protection.
Vehicle safety varies substantially by vehicle size, type, and safety features. Many teenagers are driving inferior vehicles in terms of crashworthiness and crash avoidance.
研究父母对于青少年驾驶车辆的决策以及父母对车辆安全的了解情况。
2006年春季，在明尼苏达州、北卡罗来纳州和罗德岛，当青少年进行首次上路驾驶考试时，约300名父母接受了访谈。
接受调查的父母中，不到一半表示青少年将是所选车辆的主要驾驶者。父母在解释为青少年选择车辆的原因时，最常提到安全、现有的家用车辆和可靠性。打算给青少年使用的车辆中，约一半是小型/迷你/跑车、皮卡或运动型多用途汽车——这些车辆对青少年来说被认为不如中型/大型汽车或小型货车安全。绝大多数车辆是2001年款或更早的车型。为家庭新增驾驶员而购买的车辆，比起已有车辆，更有可能是那些被认为安全性较低的尺寸/类型。尽管有充分证据表明侧面安全气囊和电子稳定控制系统有安全益处，但很少有父母坚持要求配备这些装置。即使被要求指出青少年理想的驾驶车辆，约一半的父母指出的是安全性较低的车辆尺寸/类型。大多数父母知道中型/大型车辆比小型车辆更安全，至少一半的父母表示运动型多用途汽车和皮卡对青少年驾驶员不安全，理由是稳定性差。
大多数父母了解为青少年选择安全车辆的一些重要标准。然而，父母实际为青少年选择的许多车辆提供的碰撞保护较差。
车辆安全因车辆尺寸、类型和安全特性而有很大差异。就防撞性和避免碰撞而言，许多青少年驾驶的是安全性较差的车辆。
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