@article{ref1,
title="Wisconsin Driver Improvement Program: A treatment-control evaluation",
journal="Journal of safety research",
year="1980",
author="Fuchs, C",
volume="12",
number="3",
pages="107-114",
abstract="The Wisconsin Driver Improvement-Individual Counseling Program provides counseling by analysis for drivers identified as habitual violators, i.e., drivers who accumulate a certain number of the merit points in a given period of time or who are about to have their licenses reinstated following a revocation/suspension.  In order to evaluate the program, 10% of the eligible drivers were randomly selected to constitute a control group.  Following some necessary adjustments to account for factors detected during the study, the actual numbers of drivers were 84,300 of the treatment group and 10,768 in the control group.  No overall differences were found between the treatment and control groups in terms of subsequent conviction and accident rates.  Similarly, no beneficial effects of program attendance were found when drivers were grouped by the two reasons for referral or when subsequent driving exposure was divided into one-year periods to test changes over time.  Additional analyses, including comparisons of standardized rates and an evaluation of the associations between demographic characteristics and driving behavior, also showed no effect.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0022-4375",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}