Recent Publications

• Marigold, J. L., Truelove, V., & Stefanidis, K. B. (2025). A qualitative exploration of older drivers’ attitudes towards driving cessation: Application of the transactional model of stress and coping. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 111, 331-342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2025.03.009

  Nicolls, M., Truelove, V., & Stefanidis, K. (2025). Investigating perspectives towards online content that promotes road safety: A qualitative study across three age groups. Journal of Safety Research, 92, 133-141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2024.11.018

  Truelove, V., Nicolls, M., & Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (2025). “I probably feel slightly more invincible”: The impact of technology that discloses enforcement locations on drivers’ behaviours. Safety Science, 181, 106707. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2024.106707

  Truelove, V., Anderson, L., Love, S., & Wyer, T. (2024). Texting, talking, trawling and tunes: Risk perceptions, phone dependence and different types of phone use while driving behaviours. Traffic Injury Prevention, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2024.2423008

  Wyer, T., Love, S., Anderson, L., & Truelove, V. (2024). Location, location, location! An application of situational action theory to phone use while driving in different environments. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 106, 356-369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2024.08.020

For more publications, please see Dr Truelove's Research Bank.

Supervision

• The impact of social media on road rule violations
• Deterrence
• Road rule compliance and behaviour change
• Qualitative and quantitative research methodologies 

Awards

• 2023 Australasian College of Road Safety Young Leaders Oration Award

• 2022 Commendation for the Vice-Chancellor and President’s Award of Excellence in Research for Impact, Early Career Academic