Zero Hero Distracted Driving Summary of Results 2022-2023

Andrea Chacon

10 months ago

During the 2022-2023 school year, Teens in the Driver Seat (TDS) supported an activity at TDS schools to decrease electronic device use among teen drivers and adult drivers who transport students. The activity, Zero Hero, is in its 10^th year and consists of a pre-observation, three weeks of messaging, and a post-observation completed by students. The activity was offered to all program schools. Twenty-four high schools and junior high schools completed this activity by returning all observation data

High school student teams were asked to observe teen drivers and log if they were or were not visibly using an electronic device. Junior High student teams were asked to observe adult drivers and log electronic use.

Questions regarding data may be directed to Christine Yager at c-yager@tti.tamu.edu.

The above dot plot shows the percentage of all 24 schools who achieved 10% or less phone usage while driving between the pre- and post-observations. You can see that between the pre- and post-observations, there were significantly more schools who reached this benchmark after doing TDS distracted driving awareness outreach on their campus. 67% of schools experienced a decrease in phone usage while driving between the pre- and post-observations.

All 2022 – 2023 Schools

	Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
Teen Driver Sampling	2,791	2,773
Total % of Teen Drivers Using an Electronic Device	19.66%	12.91%	-34.31%

First Year Schools (i.e. the first year that a school completed this activity)
Teen Driver Sampling	1,367	1,190
Total % of Teen Drivers Using an Electronic Device	24.33%	18.62%	-23.45%

Multi-Year Schools (the latest year that a school completed this activity)
Teen Driver Sampling	1,313	1,456
Total % of Teen Drivers Using an Electronic Device	15.28%	8.94%	-41.49%

The following sections show state-specific Zero Hero Distracted Driving Results

Texas 2022 – 2023 Schools

(n=5 schools)

	Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
Teen Driver Sampling	670	673
Total % of Teen Drivers Using an Electronic Device	19.80%	10.38%	-47.57%

First Year Schools (i.e. the first year that a school completed this activity)
Teen Driver Sampling	99	88
Total % of Teen Drivers Using an Electronic Device	20.00%	1.00%	-95.00%

Multi-Year Schools (the latest year that a school completed this activity)
Teen Driver Sampling	571	585
Total % of Teen Drivers Using an Electronic Device	19.77%	11.79%	-40.33%

Georgia 2022 – 2023 Schools

(n=4 schools)

	Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
Teen Driver Sampling	501	509
Total % of Teen Drivers Using an Electronic Device	22.64%	23.68%	+5.39%

First Year Schools (i.e. the first year that a school completed this activity)
Teen Driver Sampling	393	396
Total % of Teen Drivers Using an Electronic Device	22.54%	27.24%	+20.87%

Multi-Year Schools (the latest year that a school completed this activity)
Teen Driver Sampling	108	113
Total % of Teen Drivers Using an Electronic Device	23.00%	12.00%	-47.83%

Nebraska 2022 – 2023 Schools

(n=6 schools)

	Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
Teen Driver Sampling	687	665
Total % of Teen Drivers Using an Electronic Device	10.56%	8.39%	-20.50%

First Year Schools (i.e. the first year that a school completed this activity)
Teen Driver Sampling	68	94
Total % of Teen Drivers Using an Electronic Device	0.00%	2.00%

Multi-Year Schools (the latest year that a school completed this activity)
Teen Driver Sampling	619	571
Total % of Teen Drivers Using an Electronic Device	11.72%	9.45%	-19.39%

Colorado 2022 – 2023 Schools

(n=3 schools)

	Pre-Counts	Post-Counts	% Change
Teen Driver Sampling	266	454
Total % of Teen Drivers Using an Electronic Device	20.29%	3.03%	-85.07%

First Year Schools (i.e. the first year that a school completed this activity)
Teen Driver Sampling	168	155
Total % of Teen Drivers Using an Electronic Device	30.95%	8.87%	-71.34%

Multi-Year Schools (the latest year that a school completed this activity)
Teen Driver Sampling	98	299
Total % of Teen Drivers Using an Electronic Device	2.00%	0.00%	-100.00%

Washington 2022 – 2023 Schools