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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.

Distracted Driving Among Newly Licensed Teen Drivers - First study using in-car video footage to focus specifically on teen distracted driving.

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.

More Safety Culture Research...


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.

usRAP Tools Training - Dec 11 & 12 in Washington DC

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.

usRAP website...


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 Rx
New! Free online tool allows drivers to assess how medication interactions impact safe driving.

FREE 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.


License Policies & Practices

Senior Driving Research...


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 Driver Risk with Young Passengers in Vehicle
Teen Driver Fatality Risk Quadruples with Multiple Young Passengers - AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety study identifies risk management opportunities.

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

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

Driver-ZED - Manage the risks; master the road

Teen Driving Research...