Teenage Drivers and Fatal Crash Responsibility
In: Law & policy, Band 6, Heft 1, S. 101
ISSN: 0265-8240
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In: Law & policy, Band 6, Heft 1, S. 101
ISSN: 0265-8240
In: Law & policy, Band 6, Heft 1, S. 101-113
ISSN: 1467-9930
Data from national files on fatal crashes are analyzed to reveal that young drivers, especially sixteen and seventeen year olds, are more often responsible for fatal crashes than are older drivers. This is particularly the case for young males. Moreover, those killed in crashes for which teenagers are responsible are disproportionately people other than the teenaged drivers. A possible explanation for these facts lies in the "macho" culture of teenaged males. Potential countermeasures include those directed to limiting the driving exposure of teenagers as well as technological devices to moderate the injury‐producing forces in crashes.
In: International journal of the addictions, Band 21, Heft 6, S. 643-655
In: Law & policy, Band 6, Heft 1, S. 115
ISSN: 0265-8240
In: Law & policy, Band 6, Heft 1, S. 115-128
ISSN: 1467-9930
Twelve states in the U.S. have curfew laws, which prohibit young drivers from operating motor vehicles during late evening or early morning hours. The effect of such laws on motor vehicle crashes was studied in four of these states. In each state the laws were found substantially to reduce the crashes of sixteen year olds. Sixteen year old driver crash involvements during curfew hours were reduced by an estimated 69 percent in Pennsylvania, 62 percent in New York, 40 percent in Maryland, and 25 percent in Louisiana. Except in Maryland, the percentage of the sixteen year old population licensed was lower in curfew than comparison states. It is possible that curfew laws reduce early licensure, in which case reductions in crash involvements resulting from curfews are greater than shown above.
In recent years, a revolution has occurred in the United States in how we license drivers. Since the mid-1990s, most states have adopted some form of graduated licensing, a phase-in system for young beginners, designed to protect them and others on the road while they are learning. In this session, we will assess and summarize the present status of graduated licensing in the United States. Topics covered are: the risk factors a graduated system should address; how adequately the legislation that has been enacted addresses these risks; what the early evaluations are showing about the effects of graduated licensing systems on crashes and injuries; and other risk factors for young drivers — how graduated licensing does, does not, or could address them.
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