The Illogic of Youth Driving Culture

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12600366
AutoresKate Tilleczek (0000-0002-2438-7655, Laurentian University, autor de correspondencia), Kate C Tilleczek
Año2004
Volumen7
Número4
Páginas473-498
Fecha de publicación2004-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Youth Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1367-6261 • E-ISSN: 1469-9680
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1367626042000315239
OpenAlexW2087055156
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas19

Most adolescent deaths are caused by injury sustained in traffic crashes, and driver education does not necessarily reduce the problem. This multi‐method, ethnographic study describes the logic and regulation of youth driving culture in a northern Ontario community. This included 40 hours of participant observation and a survey of 88 novice drivers. The survey results suggest that youth are aware of the risk of driving, intend to practice safe driving and hold positive meanings of driving. Driver education and graduated licensing were seen as critical opportunities to support these goals. However, the mapping of youth driving culture revealed system flaws such as mixed messages, missed opportunity for integration, lack of clear regulation, and society's negative images of youth. Results also suggest that most prevention efforts are attempted from the point of view of assigning individual blame to youth as risk‐takers. Theoretical and practical implications for road safety and injury prevention are discussed

Blame · Business · Criminology · Ethnography · Participant observation · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Applied Psychology · Community Health and Development · Psychology · Social Psychology · Traffic and Road Safety · Urban Transport and Accessibility