THE YOUNG DRIVER FOLLOW-UP STUDY: AN EVALUATION OF THE ROLE OF HUMAN FACTORS IN THE FIRST FOUR YEARS OF DRIVING

THE PRESENT STUDY IS AN OUTGROWTH OF A PREVIOUS ONE MADE IN RESPONSE TO LEGISLATIVE CONCERN OVER THE HIGH ACCIDENT AND CONVICTION RATE AMONG TEEN-AGE DRIVERS, INTENDED TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE DRIVING RECORD OF 16-17 YEAR OLDS WAS WORSE THAN THAT OF THOSE 18-19 YEARS OLD. THESE FINDINGS ARE OF IMPORTANCE IN DECIDING WHETHER OR NO THE MINIMUM LICENSING AGE SHOULD BE RAISED TO 18 YEARS OF AGE. /NTIS/

• Corporate Authors:

  California Department of Motor Vehicles

  P.O. Box 11828, 2415 1st Avenue
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95813
• Authors:
  • Harrington, D M
• Publication Date: 1971-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 245 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Behavior; Crash rates; Driver records; Drivers; Human factors; Licenses; Statistical analysis; Teenage drivers
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221922
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rept
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 17 2002 12:00AM