THE PROVISIONAL LICENSE SCHEME; A STATISTICAL EVALUATION

IN NEW SOUTH WALES, DRIVERS IN THEIR FIRST YEAR OF LICENSED EXPERIENCE MAY HAVE THEIR LICENSES CANCELLED FORTHWITH (USUALLY FOR THREE MONTHS) FOR ANY ONE OF A WIDE VARIETY OF MOVING TRAFFIC OFFENCES. THEY ARE SUBJECT TO A 40 M.P.H. SPEED LIMIT, AND MUST CARRY AN IDENTIFYING "P" PLATE. THESE MEASURES WERE BROUGHT INTO EFFECT IN JANUARY, 1966, AND ARE JOINTLY KNOWN AS THE "PROVISIONAL LICENSE SCHEME". AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SCHEME HAS BEEN ATTEMPED IN TERMS OF A HOPED-FOR REDUCTION IN THE ACCIDENT RATE OF FIRST- YEAR DRIVERS. A SMALL BUT STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION WAS FOUND; HOWEVER, THERE IS REASON TO DOUBT THE VALIDITY OF THE DATA. /HSRI/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rpt No 4/70, 17 PP, FIGS, TABS, REFS
• Corporate Authors:

  Motor Transport Dept /Australia

  /New S Wales, Traffic Accident Res Unit
  ,   United States 
• Authors:
  • Henderson, M
  • Messiter, G
• Publication Date: 1970-9

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Driver improvement programs; Driver licenses; Driver licensing; Statistical analysis
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver improvement
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver restriction
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221501
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 15 1972 12:00AM