DRIVER EDUCATION: FIFTY YEARS OF YOUTH INSTRUCTION
This information bulletin focuses on the evolution of high school driver education in America with particular emphasis on the impact of current economic trends and fiscal policies. The bulletin also analyzes the role federal, state, and local jurisdictions have played in supporting driver education as well as some of the opinions that have been formed over the years. Part I of the bulletin reviews the background and then describes the structure and delivery of driver education, cost saving mechanisms, getting parents involved, meeting tomorrow's challenge, and the conclusion. Part II of the bulletin presents summaries of reports from communities that see a net gain in offering driver education to their teenagers. The summaries describe the trials and challenges advocates and administrators have faced in recent years in the following cities: Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; Brooklyn, New York: Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Dallas, Texas; Denver, Colorado; Detroit, Michigan; Indianapolis, Indiana; Lincoln, Nebraska; Los Angeles, California; Phoenix, Arizona; Seattle, Washington; Topeka, Kansas.
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Corporate Authors:
Public Technology, Incorporated
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC United States 20004AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
2990 Telestar Court, Suite 100
Falls Church, VA United States 22042 - Publication Date: 1986-2
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: 16 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Adolescents; Cities; Communities; Costs; Driver education; Drivers; Federal government; High schools; Impacts; Local government; Parents; Public relations; State government; Teenage drivers
- Uncontrolled Terms: Community support
- Geographic Terms: United States
- Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00457575
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: HS-040 210
- Files: HSL, TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 31 1990 12:00AM