Dr Verity Truelove is skilled in both quantitative and qualitative research methods, publishing widely in high-quartile peer-reviewed journals.
She is currently involved in numerous projects that look at road rule compliance and behaviour change, with a focus on distracted driving, speeding and impaired driving. She is also interested in road rule compliance across rural, regional, remote and urban environments. She is currently supervising both PhD and honours students in these areas.
Professional Memberships
- Co-founder of the Sunshine Coast Sub-Chapter of the Australasian College of Road Safety
- Chair of the Australasian College of Road Safety Early Career Network
- Deputy chair of the Australasian Road Safety Conference Scientific Committee
- Executive committee member of the Queensland chapter of the Australasian College of Road Safety
- Member of the Australasian Road Safety Conference Interactive Workshop Sub-Committee
- Member of the North Coast Road Safety Interagency Working Group
- Member of the School of Law and Society Research Impact and Engagement Working Group
Awards
- Commendation for the Vice-Chancellor and President’s Award of Excellence in Research for Impact, Early Career Academic
Research Grants
- 2021 ACT Road Safety Fund Grant titled "Is there value in show and tell? Creating a salient general deterrent effect through overt and covert enforcement technology" ($34,820)
Research areas
- Exploring how new technology influences drivers’ perceptions of deterrence associated with road rule violations
- Understanding police perceptions of phone use while driving enforcement
- Examining young drivers’ progression to road rule transgressions over time
- Examining the impact of legal and psychological factors on road rule compliance
- Exploring the impact of social media on both promoting and preventing road rule violations
Supervision
- The impact of social media on road rule violations
- Deterrence
- Road rule compliance and behaviour change
- Qualitative and quantitative research methodologies
Recent Publications
- Truelove, V., Watson-Brown, N., & Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (2023). External and internal influences on mobile phone use while driving: combining the theories of deterrence and self-determination. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 93, 280-293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2023.01.019
- Love, S., Truelove, V., Rowland, B., Kannis-Dymand, L., Ross, D., Sullman, M., & Davey, J. (2023). The antecedents, regulation and maintenance of anger on the road: A qualitative investigation on the factors influencing driver anger and aggression. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 93, 118-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2023.01.002
- Mills, L., Truelove, V., & Freeman, J. (2023). Facebook and drug driving: Does online sharing work against road safety countermeasures?. Journal of Safety Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2023.01.008
- Love, S., Truelove, V., Rowland, B., & Kannis‐Dymand, L. (2022). Metacognition and self‐regulation on the road: A qualitative approach to driver attention and distraction. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 36(6), 1312-1324. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.4015
- Nicolls, M., Truelove, V., & Stefanidis, K. B. (2022). The impact of descriptive and injunctive norms on engagement in mobile phone use while driving in young drivers: A systematic review. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2022.106774
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Verity Truelove's specialist areas of knowledge include road rule violations, with a focus on mobile phone use while driving and speeding.