Provisional drivers' perceptions of the impact of displaying P plates

Lyndel Bates; Bridie Scott-Parker; Millie Darvell; Barry Watson

doi:10.1080/15389588.2017.1322697

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Provisional drivers' perceptions of the impact of displaying P plates

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Provisional drivers' perceptions of the impact of displaying P plates

Lyndel Bates, Bridie Scott-Parker, Millie Darvell and Barry Watson

Traffic Injury Prevention, Vol.18(8), pp.820-825

2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2017.1322697

PMID: 28453311

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P plates

provisional driver

intermediate driver

enforcement

decal

graduated driver licensing

police

Objective: P plates (or decals) identify a driver's license status to other road users. They are a compulsory part of the graduated driver licensing system in Queensland, Australia, for drivers on a P1 (provisional 1) or P2 (provisional 2) license. This study explored the perceptions of young drivers regarding the display of P plates (decals) in Queensland, Australia. Methods: In this study, 226 young drivers with a provisional (intermediate/restricted) license completed a 30-min online survey between October 2013 and June 2014. t Tests were used to compare the opinions of people who displayed their plates nearly always with those who displayed them less frequently. Results: Participants approved of the requirement to display P plates with 69% of those on a P1 license and 79% on a P2 license supporting the condition to display P1 (red) plates. Participants on a P1 license (62%) and a P2 license (68%) also approved the requirement to display P2 (green) plates. However, young drivers also perceived that the display of P plates (measured from 1 = never to 5 = nearly all the time) enabled newly licensed drivers to be targeted by police and other drivers (those who do not always display P plates: M = 3.72, SD = 0.94; those who nearly always display P plates: M = 3.43, SD = 1.09). Conclusions: The study findings suggest that participants who nearly always display their P plates are more likely to report that having to display their plates resulted in them driving more carefully. © 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC

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Title: Provisional drivers' perceptions of the impact of displaying P plates
Authors: Lyndel Bates (Author) - Griffith University
Bridie Scott-Parker (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Millie Darvell (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Barry Watson (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Publication details: Traffic Injury Prevention, Vol.18(8), pp.820-825
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc.
Date published: 2017
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2017.1322697
ISSN: 1538-9588
PMID: 28453311
Organisation Unit: School of Social Sciences - Legacy; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451189102621
Output Type: Journal article

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