The exposed group included those working in the collection of mixed domestic waste, front runner or loader, collection of separated waste and special kinds of domestic waste (paper, glass, etc)., garden waste, bulky waste for incineration, and the vehicle driver; the control group included accountants, timekeepers, canteen staff, personnel, and other office workers.
In their study, drivers in a control group (no training) and drivers receiving verbal training only on driving safety (passive training) did not improve their driving skills for turning at intersections.
The focus of the study was on company car drivers, and the control group was used to compare some average figures per driver.
Drivers in the Control group (top panel) did not modify the temporal location of their visual inspection.
Access to a driving refresher curriculum about road safety tips and in-simulator practice sessions (without feedback) did not allow drivers in the Control group to modify their visual search strategy.
While drivers in the Control group showed no change in blind spot verification (12.5% vs. 13.8% of verification for the Pre- and Post-training sessions, respectively), drivers in the Feedback group increased the verification of their blind spot (32.3% vs. 64.9%, for the Pre- and Post-training sessions, respectively).
As can be seen, the mileage of company car drivers is significantly higher than that of the general population and of the control group drivers, with almost 40%% of the first group having a mileage of more than 30,000 km.
In addition, parents' involvement in the intervention, either by feedback or by training, led to lower risky driving events rate of young drivers compared to the control group.
The study group consisted of 215 drivers of forest machines, 137 drivers of snowmobiles and 79 drivers of snowgroomers and a control group of 167 men randomly selected from the general population.
As part of an ongoing study into dangerous driving, the present investigation was conducted on a group of male drivers who will serve eventually as a matched control group for dangerous drivers.
