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Field of Application+
Staff & Management Assessments
Job & Career Placement
Safety & Security Assessment
Academic Testing
Detailed Description+
The test set SAROAD – Safety Assessment Road assesses the driving-related ability and personality factors of professional drivers, whether aspiring or already active.
It combines a number of ability and personality dimensions that have been shown in various validation studies to be the most relevant. From a large number of dimensions that were considered, the ones that represent the best mix of information gain and testing time were selected. The tests contained offer comprehensive information on driving-related ability and personality factors.
Test administration is simple and efficient. SAROAD makes it possible to create a ranking to provide a rapid overview of the best applicants.
The test set can also be used to identify the training needs of experienced professional drivers – for example after an accident or critical incident. SAROAD is used worldwide and is a classic amongst test sets.
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Validation+
From a scientific point of view, the choice of dimensions for the SAROAD test set is based on what is known as the “GDE matrix” (GDE = Goals for Driver Education). On this basis, the test set assesses the following dimensions: “vehicle operation”, “coping with critical situations”, “analyzing and understanding situations” and “safety-relevant personality”.
The suitability of the dimensions for predicting driving behavior was evaluated in a validation study with a large sample (125 professional drivers), and confirmed by relating the test results to three practical driving exercises (real driving, maneuvering course and obstacle course).
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Dimensions+
The SAROAD test set comprises the following dimensions and tests:
| Dimensions | Tests | Test forms | Duration in min. |
| Total length if all dimensions are presented | approx. 57 |
| Vehicle operation |
| Concentration | COG | S11 | approx. 10 |
| Ability to react, simple | RT | S3 | approx. 6 |
| Coping with critical situations |
| Obtaining an overview - traffic | ATAVT | S5/S6 | approx. 8 |
| Stress tolerance, reactive | DT | S1 | approx. 6 |
| Analyzing and understanding situations |
| Logical reasoning | AMT | S4 | approx. 15 |
| Safety-Relevant Personality |
| Mental stability | IVPE-R | S1 | approx. 3 |
| Sense of responsibility | IVPE-R | S1 | approx. 3 |
| Self-control | IVPE-R | S1 | approx. 3 |
| Risk avoidance | IVPE-R | S1 | approx. 3 |
