NIGHT DRIVING CURFEWS IN NEW YORK AND LOUISIANA: RESULTS OF A QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY

New York and Louisiana, two states having night driving curfews, were included in a questionnaire survey of high school students conducted in 1983. Most students in these states knew about their curfew law. In both states the majority of licensed drivers said they had violated the curfew, but the majority claimed to have violated the curfew no more than twice. Students do not believe that the police enforce curfew restrictions vigorously, but many parents require their children to obey the law. New York students were more knowledgeable than Louisiana students about the restrictions, and there was more evidence in New York than Louisiana of reduced driving resulting from the curfew. These findings are consistent with results of an earlier study that found curfews in both of these states reduced crashes but estimated crash reductions during curfew hours were greater in New York (62 percent) than in Louisiana (25 percent).

• Corporate Authors:

  Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

  1005 North Glebe Road
  Arlington, VA  United States  22201

  Dunlap and Associates, Incorporated

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  Norwalk, CT  United States  06854
• Authors:
  • Williams, A F
  • LUND, A K
  • Preusser, D F
• Publication Date: 1984-5

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 20 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Curfew; Data collection; Driving; Laws; Parents; Questionnaires; Regulation; Safety; Surveys; Teenage drivers; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Night driving; Restrictions; Violations
• Geographic Terms: Louisiana; New York (State)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00395012
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-037 881
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 30 1985 12:00AM