Accompanied driving

'Accompanied driving' means that a novice driver is only allowed to drive when he is accompanied by an experienced driver. This measure has already been introduced in several countries. The most widely used variant allows youths to take driving lessons and get a driving license from the age of 16, but only allows accompanied driving until the age of 18. Research has shown that these young drivers are less often involved in crashes once they participate in traffic independently. However, accompanied driving's effectiveness depends on the number of hours or kilometres that are driven accompanied, and on the quality of the supervisor. The Dutch Minister of Transport has announced he intends to also make accompanied driving possible in the Netherlands.

• Record URL:
  https://www.swov.nl/rapport/Factsheets/UK/FS_Accompanied_driving.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV

  Bezuidenhoutseweg 62
  The Hague,   Netherlands  2594 AW
• Publication Date: 2009-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 6p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver experience; Graduated licensing; Highway safety; Recently qualified drivers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road safety (human factors)
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• ATRI Terms: Driving experience; Graduated licence; Learner driver; Novice driver; Road safety
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01383984
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 22 2012 4:05PM