Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Ruckersville, Virginia.
J.D. Power, Troy, Michigan.
Traffic Inj Prev. 2022;23(1):1-5. doi: 10.1080/15389588.2021.2004401. Epub 2021 Dec 7.
Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) have the potential to help mitigate the crash risk faced by new teen drivers. There has been little research on how these drivers use ADAS, as most only have access to these systems in their parents' vehicles when learning to drive because teens tend to drive older, less expensive vehicles when driving independently. This study examined how parental attitudes toward ADAS influence how and when parents introduce their teens to these systems when teaching them to drive.
Three web-based focus groups were conducted with parents who owned ADAS-equipped vehicles and who either had a teen with either a learner permit or a teen who recently began driving independently. The moderator-led discussion examined participant attitudes about teen driving risk, the perceived benefits or risks associated with teen use of ADAS, and parents' teaching strategies for ADAS. Researchers generated a list of likely themes from a review of existing literature and then coded participant responses according to those themes.
Parents who chose to introduce ADAS to their new teen drivers did so while also reporting conflicting opinions about the reliability of vehicle technologies and the impact of such systems on driving safety and skill acquisition. Many parents reported some distrust of ADAS and concerns that some features could hinder the development of good driving habits, although most participants stated that ADAS have had a positive impact on their teen drivers' safety. Opinions were split about the best point at which to introduce ADAS to teens, with half preferring introduction at the outset and half preferring to wait until the teen had mastered basic driving skills. Attitudes varied according to individual vehicle systems, with a preference for blind spot monitoring and a general dislike of lane-keeping assistance.
Specific concerns about the potential impact of ADAS on teen driving safety and skill acquisition do not prevent parents from using such systems, although the teaching strategies parents use vary according to their preferences for individual systems.
高级驾驶辅助系统（ADAS）有潜力帮助减轻新青少年驾驶员面临的碰撞风险。关于这些驾驶员如何使用 ADAS 的研究很少，因为大多数青少年在学习驾驶时只能在父母的车辆中使用这些系统，因为青少年在独立驾驶时往往会驾驶更旧、更便宜的车辆。本研究探讨了父母对 ADAS 的态度如何影响父母在教授青少年驾驶时何时以及如何向他们介绍这些系统。
与拥有配备 ADAS 的车辆的父母进行了三次基于网络的焦点小组讨论，这些父母要么有一个学习许可证的青少年，要么有一个最近开始独立驾驶的青少年。主持人引导的讨论考察了参与者对青少年驾驶风险的态度、青少年使用 ADAS 相关的感知益处或风险，以及父母教授 ADAS 的策略。研究人员从现有文献综述中生成了一个可能主题列表，然后根据这些主题对参与者的回答进行编码。
选择向新青少年驾驶员介绍 ADAS 的父母在报告对车辆技术可靠性和此类系统对驾驶安全和技能获取的影响的矛盾看法的同时，也这样做了。许多父母表示对 ADAS 有些不信任，并担心某些功能可能会阻碍良好驾驶习惯的养成，尽管大多数参与者表示 ADAS 对他们青少年驾驶员的安全产生了积极影响。关于向青少年介绍 ADAS 的最佳时间点存在分歧，一半人倾向于一开始就介绍，一半人倾向于等到青少年掌握了基本驾驶技能后再介绍。态度因个别车辆系统而异，对盲点监测的偏好和对车道保持辅助的普遍反感。
对 ADAS 对青少年驾驶安全和技能获取的潜在影响的具体担忧并没有阻止父母使用这些系统，尽管父母使用的教学策略因他们对个别系统的偏好而异。
