The role of supervised driving requirements in a graduated driver licensing program.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Graduated driver licensing--United States--Evaluation.

Graduated driver licensing.

Automobile driver education--Law and legislation--United States.

Automobile driver education.

Automobile driving--Licenses--Law and legislation--United States.

Automobile driving.

Automobile driver education--Law and legislation.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([xvi, 71 pages) : color illustrations

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, [2012]

Summary:

Many States require parents to certify that their teens have completed a certain amount of supervised driving practice, usually 40 to 50 hours, before they are permitted to obtain an intermediate license. Although strongly supported by numerous groups and organizations, the effectiveness of supervised practice requirements is unknown. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) conducted a cross-sectional comparison of fatal crash rates throughout the United States, and examined State crash data using interrupted time-series analysis in a small number of States that had increased their required number of supervised driving hours. To supplement and provide insight into these findings, the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center conducted telephone interviews, funded by State Farm Insurance, with parents of newly licensed teenage drivers in 5 States (Maryland, Minnesota, Ohio, South Carolina, and Washington) with varying supervised driving requirements. Employees of licensing bureaus in these States were also contacted by telephone to determine how they conveyed the requirements to parents and teenagers.

Contents:

Executive summary

Background

Crash analyses

Parent interviews

Discussion and conclusions

References

Appendix A.

Notes:

"DOT HS 811 550."

"March 2012."

Title from title screen (viewed on Apr. 25, 2012).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 66-69).

OCLC:

789281963