A highly reliable immediate criterion or “yardstick” of good and safe driving for research was developed on a systems and content validity basis. It must be used by specially trained observer/raters. It is not a checklist, a “test instrument” for mass testing or an accident predictor. It is a criterion or “yardstick” for research on limited size groups of subjects to develop and evaluate shorter test procedures for such applications as driver licensing and driver education.
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