Abstract
It is well known that the tendency to violate is associated with accident involvement. What is paradoxical is that across the early development of driving, violations are increasing at the same time that accident liability is decreasing. It is hypothesised that at the early stage of driving low levels of confidence suppress the tendency to violate. As confidence is increased over time the tendency to violate is gradually released. Consistent with this hypothesis an analysis of several thousand new drivers found that as confidence increased so also did the tendency to violate. Implications for testing and training are considered.
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