NEW TO THE ROAD: PREVENTION MEASURES FOR YOUNG OR NOVICE DRIVERS. KEY FINDINGS AND IMPLICATIONS FROM AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, FEBRUARY 17-20, 1991, HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA

This symposium, commissioned by the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) and organized and convened by the Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada (TIRF), provided a forum to examine the causes of road crashes involving new drivers and to identify program and policy options for an effective prevention strategy. The major objectives of the symposium were: to increase awareness, concern, and understanding about the problem of young and older new drivers; to identify effective prevention programs and policies; and to stimulate a long-term, meaningful commitment to prevention and research. This report is intended primarily as a summary of the findings and recommendations of the symposium that are of greatest relevance to policy makers.

• Corporate Authors:

  Insurance Bureau of Canada

  181 University Avenue
  Toronto, ONo M5H 3M7,   Canada 

  Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF)

  Ottowa, Ontario  Canada 
• Publication Date: 1991

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 55 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Awareness; Conferences; Crash causes; Drivers; Policy; Policy making; Prevention; Recently qualified drivers; Recommendations; Research; Safety; Teenage drivers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Programs
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• Subject Areas: Highways; Policy; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00622420
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1992 12:00AM