TEENAGE DRIVER LICENSING IN RELATION TO STATE LAWS

Previous studies have shown that delaying licensure reduces motor vehicle injuries. This study examined the relationship between licensing laws and the timing of obtaining licenses. The states studied have various laws, including minimum licensing ages of 15, 16, and 17; minimum learners permit ages of 15 and 16; and teenage night driving curfews. A survey of 52304 students was conducted in 75 high schools during the spring of 1983. The schools were selected from Orange County, California; rural Colorado; and most or all of Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey and New York. The results indicated that the minimum age of licensure has obvious strong effects in delaying licensure. Setting the learners permit age later also apparently delays licensure. The night driving curfew in New York state (9pm -5am) is seen by students as a factor in their decisions to delay obtaining licenses; Louisiana's 11pm-5am curfew has a much smaller effect, if any.(Author/TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • Williams, A F
  • LUND, A K
  • Preusser, D F
• Publication Date: 1985-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 135-145
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Age; Curfew; Data collection; Driver licenses; Driver licensing; Driver training; Driving; Graduated licensing; Injuries; Laws; Legislation; Minimization; Night; Regulation; Surveys; Teenage drivers; Time
• Uncontrolled Terms: Minimum; Night driving
• Geographic Terms: United States
• ITRD Terms: 1748: Adolescent; 1757: Age; 1571: Driver training; 1855: Driving (veh); 1550: Driving licence; 2163: Injury; 1556: Legislation; 9046: Minimum; 9052: Night; 5414: Time; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00450942
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-038 987
• Files: HSL, ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 1985 12:00AM