Walter Funk

Publications

• Mobility study for beginner drivers - development of driving performance and highway use when starting to drive

  Walter Funk, Andreas H. Schneider, Ralf Zimmermann, Marco Grüninger

  edited by German Federal Highway Research Institute, 02/2012; Wirtschaftsverlag NW.

  ISBN: 987-3-86918-188-2

  The study describes the passenger car mobility of beginner drivers in the first year of independent driving, based on extensive survey data. The data were sampled in a nationwide random sampling survey with a single, written questionnaire in summer and a winter campaign. The use of weekly protocols ... [more] The study describes the passenger car mobility of beginner drivers in the first year of independent driving, based on extensive survey data. The data were sampled in a nationwide random sampling survey with a single, written questionnaire in summer and a winter campaign. The use of weekly protocols with day-related documentation allows for the consideration of individual time periods (days, weeks months, quarters and the whole first year) and the development of mobility. The study was based on a total of 4 375 questionnaires suitable for evaluation. In addition to the basic data concerning scope and development of driving performance, data on driving goals, passengers, road types driven, driving conditions, motives for driving, characteristics of the car driven, insecurity while driving, traffic offences and their punishment as well as participation in traffic accidents were collected. These data were used to show characteristic forms of mobility and mobility development for the whole sample as well as for subgroups that were arranged by socio-demographic characteristics and the time since obtaining a driving licence. Male beginner drivers drive shorter distances at the beginning of their first year of independent car mobility than at the end of this period. The initial risk concentration, which is known from the analysis of the development of accident risk, is therefore even more severe for men when the kilometres driven are taken into account. Five beginner driver types were determined, based on a cluster analysis taking into account sex, age at the time the driving licence was acquired, city/state and professional field. The relevant risk characteristics (traffic offences, accidents) and risk indicators (weekly mobility, additional motives, driving performance/exposure) were shown. It was found that the common risk indicators (youth-specific weekend mobility, "additional motives") are not sufficient to allow for an appropriate assessment of the traffic risk of beginner drivers.

• Das Unfallrisiko von Kindern als Fußgänger [Accident Risk of Children as Pedestrians]

  W. FUNK

  6. Internationale Wuppertaler Verkehrstage; 01/2012

  A child's habitual way of participating in traffic is still walking. Among the so-called "obligatory walks" it is the distance to primary school that is very often covered on foot. In their free time children usually play in direct proximity to their homes or they walk to playgrounds o... [more] A child's habitual way of participating in traffic is still walking. Among the so-called "obligatory walks" it is the distance to primary school that is very often covered on foot. In their free time children usually play in direct proximity to their homes or they walk to playgrounds or green spaces. But expecially younger children have an increased risk of accidents while walking or cycling due to certain developmental inadequacies with regards to attention, visual perception and physical condition. There are obvious "peaks" in children's road accidents at certain times of the day which give us clear reference to the necessary approaches for preventive measures. For these measures we have to go back to the three classical strategies, the well-known "Three E's" in road safety work: - Education on road safety at home, kindergarten and school, - Engineering with the aim of optimizing urban traffic infrastructures, and - Enforcement in order to exert influence on adult road users. Establishing a network of parents, teachers, municipal traffic planners and the police seems most promising in developing unexplored safety potential for children on the road.

• Accompanied Driving From Age 17 – Process Evaluation of the Nationwide Model Scheme

  Funk, Walter, Grueninger, Marco

  1 01/2010; Wirtschaftsverlag NW.

  ISBN: 978-3-86918-077-9

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• Driving on a Provisional Licence from Age 17 - Practical Feasibility of a New Scheme for Learner Drivers

  Walter Funk

  ADAC/BASt-Symposium, Baden-Baden; 10/2009

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• Local road safety measures and programs for children in foreign countries

  W. FUNK, H FASSMANN, R. ZIMMERMANN

  01/2006;

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• Children in road traffic. Change of sozialization conditions and road safety work for children.

  W. FUNK

  01/2004;

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• Participation, behaviour and safety of children and young people in road traffic

  W. FUNK, H. FASSMANN

  01/2002;

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• Road safety measures for children. A review of measures

  W. FUNK, A. WIEDEMANN

  01/2002;

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• Road safety of foreign workers and their families

  W. FUNK, A. WIEDEMANN, B. REHM

  01/2002;

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• Fr�herkennung und Reduzierung von Abbr�chen der Berufsausbildung in Berufsbildungswerken (Early detection and reduction in the number of premature terminations of vocational training in vocational t

  Hendrik Fa�mann, Walter Funk

  Institut f�r Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), N�rnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany], Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung. 01/1997; 30(2):345-355.

  "The aim of this research project was to gather empirical knowledge regarding reasons for dropping out of training and factors jeopardising the completion of training which experience has shown to lead to premature termination of measures in vocational training centres for young disabled people... [more] "The aim of this research project was to gather empirical knowledge regarding reasons for dropping out of training and factors jeopardising the completion of training which experience has shown to lead to premature termination of measures in vocational training centres for young disabled people, and to include this in an instrument aimed at preventing young people from dropping out of training. On the basis of an extended study of relevant literature, a structured synopsis was drawn up of reasons for dropping out of training, variables associated with dropping out as well as possible methods of preventing it. It could be demonstrated that premature termination of training need not always be linked with negative consequences for those affected or for society in every case, if advantage is taken of alternative training opportunities. Moreover, there are some terminations of training which constitute 'administrative artefacts', some which are caused by unfore-seeable events and others which are 'wanted' in the well-understood interests of all those involved in the rehabilitation process. These terminations reduce the proportion of premature terminations of training which could be prevented. Nonetheless the experts interviewed attach great importance to preventative measures, although there is general agreement that such activities would have to begin in the run-up to the actual rehabilitation measures or within the framework of the admission procedures, particularly as experience has shown that the danger signs are often visible at this early stage. These findings served as a preparation for the empirical phase in which 100 explorative interviews were conducted with employees at vocational training centres for young disabled people and with people in rehabilitation. On the basis of these conversations, first a list was drawn up of some 220 features which, according to those interviewed, could signalise factors jeopardising the completion of training. These were th

• HAUSHALT - ein SPSSx-Programm zur Erfassung personaler Haushalts- und Familienstrukturen

  Walter Funk

  ZUMA Nachrichten.

  'Der Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Einbeziehung individueller Kontexte und sozialer Beziehungen in die empirische Datenanalyse. Die Betonung der Kontext- und Relationsanalyse im strukturell-individualistischen Ansatz wird verknüpft mit der Erläuterung der soziologischen Relevanz des Haushalts... [more] 'Der Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Einbeziehung individueller Kontexte und sozialer Beziehungen in die empirische Datenanalyse. Die Betonung der Kontext- und Relationsanalyse im strukturell-individualistischen Ansatz wird verknüpft mit der Erläuterung der soziologischen Relevanz des Haushaltskontextes. Das SPSS-Programm HAUSHALT zur Erfassung personaler Haushalts- und Familienstrukturen in der empirischen Sozialforschung, das auf der 'ALLBUS-Typologie' von Porst (1984) basiert, wird vorgestellt. Die Vorzüge von HAUSHALT werden ebenso diskutiert wie die prinzipiell weiter bestehenden Probleme der Erfassung und Kategorisierung personaler Haushalts- und Familienstrukturen in sozialwissenschaftlichen Umfragen. (Autorenreferat)