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ERIC Number: ED637212
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 176
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 979-8-3800-7345-5
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Transportation Safety and Policy: Evaluating Elements of Motorists' Experiential Education in Driver's Training and Its Impact on Move-Over Law Compliance in Maryland
James G. Kailie
ProQuest LLC, D.Sc. Dissertation, New Jersey City University
Transportation Security is considered one of the important aspects of U. S. Critical Infrastructure resilience and civil security. However, safety issues in transportation regarding 'struck-by' incidents involving Emergency First Responders (EFRs) (Fire, Police, and EMS) while performing essential duties on roadways stand to diminish this resilience. In response, policymakers mandated the 'Move Over' law, to safeguard these EFRs as their work-related hazards involving struck-by incidents continued unabated. Noncompliance to the 'Move Over' law by motorists has warranted stakeholders in transportation to question aspects of safety including education and training of motorists. This study explored the extent to which motorists' experiential education and training, could be utilized to predict awareness and compliance with the 'Move Over' law. To do so, the embedded design of mixed methods which focuses on both quantitative and qualitative data collected at the same time was employed. Using the Qualtrics platform for electronic entries, and paper surveys, data were collected from a total of 384 participants from Baltimore, Maryland. Using inferential statistics, 42 quantitative Likert survey questions were accompanied by four discussion point sections for the qualitative response. Cronbach's alpha confirmed survey reliability, while Persons Correlations and other statistical tools were used to report findings on quantitative analysis. Qualitative data were transcribed using thematic and content analysis. The results confirmed the presence of some experiential education amongst motorists, but more importantly, identified experiential learning as a predictor of awareness and compliance to the 'Move Over' law. The results also supported the hypotheses that experiential learning is necessary for driver's education and training with reference to compliance with the 'Move Over law and hence, improve the safety of EFRs. Future research and recommendations are also discussed. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Maryland (Baltimore)
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