Changing driver behaviour, an introduction

 
Do not think for a moment that simply providing people with good information will change how they drive.

Driver training cannot and does not change participants' behaviour. People choose to change their behaviour after training as a consequence of how they think, feel and interpret the environment they go on to work and live in.

 


Road safety research is slowly revealing for us the thoughts and feelings that move people to drive safely. It also advises on how we might influence their environment and how they interpret it.

 


Changing driver behaviour summarises the key themes that have emerged in the last decade and shows you how to weave these themes into the learning experiences you facilitate.

 

The last page of this wire-bound, 14 page publication lists a select bibliography of 29 books and articles is found at the end of the booklet.

 


The condensed wisdom and simple but profound ideas in this little book will surprise and challenge new and experienced instructors alike. 

  


Changing driver behaviour - front cover


Learn more about these fascinating things that research reveals

  • People's driving behaviour results mostly from what they think and feel: it has less to do with what they know or can do. To change how people drive you must change how they think and feel.
     
  • In the first approach, you let them see and hear those behaviours you believe accompany appropriate thoughts and feelings. Describing the thoughts and feelings will help. Then you either reward people when they repeat these behaviours, or you cause them to anticipate discomfort if they stop behaving in the desired way.
     
  • With the second approach you stimulate people to uncover flaws in their current thoughts and feelings. Then you guide participants towards discovering valuable alternatives.
This book isn't just research.

It's a practical book, full of training advice that helps you deal with issues such as:

  • working with attitudes
     
  • how behaviour can conflict with values or beliefs
     
  • practising desired behaviours
     
  • developing credible role models

 


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