Motor vehicle crashes remain elevated among novice teen drivers for at least several years after licensure. Licensing policies and driver education are the two primary countermeasures employed to decrease young driver crash risks. Graduated driver licensing policies have proved to be effective in reducing crash rates where evaluated. Driver education is an essential part of teaching teens the r...

Motor vehicle crashes remain elevated among novice teen drivers for at least several years after licensure. Licensing policies and driver education are the two primary countermeasures employed to decrease young driver crash risks. Graduated driver licensing policies have proved to be effective in reducing crash rates where evaluated. Driver education is an essential part of teaching teens the r...

Evaluations of new graduated licensing systems (GLS) commonly examine pre-post young driver crash rates relative to another group. This comparison approach is important account for other influences on crashes over time, but has limited ability determine which GLS components are most effective and at what stage during the process. We previously identified declines in Queensland, Australia, follo...

22 n 1997 North Carolina was one of the first two states in the nation to adopt a Graduated Driver Licensing system (GDL) to reduce motor vehicle crashes among young novice drivers. This policy was driven heavily by scientific research. At that time, motor vehicle crashes were the leading cause of death among teenagers. The adoption of GDL led to a sharp decline in teenage driver crashes and a ...

There is substantial evidence that driving skills improve during driver training, but the long-term safety benefit of such formal training remains unproven. Restricting the exposure of newly licensed drivers to more hazardous driving circumstances, as in graduated driver licensing (GDL) regimes, demonstrably reduces crash risk, but drivers remain at risk after the restrictions are eased. GDL an...

PROBLEM It has been established that graduated licensing systems lead to crash reductions among beginning drivers. What is the contribution of the various components of graduated licensing to these reductions, and how can their effectiveness be increased? METHOD Literature review and synthesis. RESULTS Extended learner periods, nighttime restrictions, and passenger restrictions have contrib...

UNLABELLED The Symposium on Novice Teen Driving: GDL and Beyond--Research Foundations for Policy and Practice, held in Tucson, AZ, on February 5-7, 2007, provided a detailed overview of graduated driver licensing (GDL) and other beginning driver issues in the United States. This paper summarizes the information presented at the Symposium and in its background papers. IMPACT ON INDUSTRY This i...