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Teen driver safety : additional research could help states strengthen graduated driver licensing systems : report to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and its Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, House of Representatives / [Susan A. Fleming].
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Fleming, Susan A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teenage automobile drivers--Government policy--United States--States.
- Teenage automobile drivers.
- Graduated driver licensing--Government policy--United States--States.
- Graduated driver licensing.
- Drivers' licenses--Government policy--United States--States.
- Drivers' licenses.
- Automobile driver education--Government policy--United States--States.
- Automobile driver education.
- Teenage automobile drivers--Government policy--U.S. states.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ii, 51 pages) : color illustrations
- Other Title:
- Additional research could help states strengthen graduated driver licensing systems
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2010]
- Summary:
- This requested report identifies (1) key Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) system requirements and the extent to which state programs include these requirements, and (2) challenges states face to improve teen driver safety and how states and NHTSA have addressed the challenges. Key requirements of a GDL system, according to traffic safety experts the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) interviewed, include a minimum entry age, a learner's permit phase that includes supervised driving, and restrictions on nighttime driving and driving with teen passengers. Additional key requirements sometimes addressed as part of a GDL system include seat belt use, bans on using electronic devices such as using cell phones while driving, driver education, and parental involvement. While research shows that GDL systems are associated with improved teen driver safety, additional research on specific requirements, such as minimum entry age, the learner's permit phase, nighttime driving and passenger restrictions, bans on electronic devices, drivers' education, and parental involvement could help state officials determine optimum provisions to strengthen their GDL systems.
- Notes:
- Title from PDF title screen (GAO, viewed June 10, 2010).
- "May 2010."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- "GAO-10-544."
- OCLC:
- 640142367
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