PARENTS' VIEWS OF DRIVER LICENSING PRACTICES IN THE UNITED STATES

Parents of 17-year-olds were interviewed about the licensing experiences of their sons and daughters. A nationally representative sample of 1,000 parents were asked about the path to licensure of their children, and about their participation in the process. Parents were asked about their opinion of the licensing practices in their own states and about their support for additional driving restrictions on novice drivers. The majority (86%) said their children already had licenses, and 81% of parents thought their sons and daughters were ready when first licensed to drive under most conditions. Over half were satisfied with the licensing process in their own state, but a sizable minority (25%) reported that states were not doing such a good job with the existing requirements. Forty-one percent of parents surveyed thought that it should be more difficult to obtain a license. Parents overwhelmingly supported restrictions for beginning drivers such as a minimum period of supervised driving, night driving curfews, restrictions on the number of teenage passengers in the car, and a zero blood alcohol concentration for teenage drivers. Graduated licensing programs that include delayed full-privilege licensure were supported by 58% of those surveyed.

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• Authors:
  • Ferguson, S A
  • Williams, A F
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 73-81
• Serial:
  • Journal of Safety Research
  • Volume: 27
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0022-4375
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00224375

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Blood alcohol levels; Curfew; Driver licenses; Driver licensing; Driving; Drunk driving; Graduated licensing; Laws; Novices; Parents; Passengers; Public opinion; Regulation; Supervision; Teenage drivers; Zero tolerance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Night driving
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00724917
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-042 189
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 20 1996 12:00AM