greatly increase the risk of an accident (Klauer et al., 2014). The NHTSA did find that the number of accidents has been on a decline since 2005. They attribute this to greater driver training, more social awareness to the challenges of driving for teenagers, and to changes in laws restri...
Drive at night.Drowsiness makes drivers four times more likely to be in a crash. In many cases, the effects ofdrowsy drivingwill mimic that of impaired or drunk driving. Under Virginia law, teenage drivers under the age of 18 areprohibitedfrom driving between midnight and 4:00 am. The exc...
and 18-year-old drivers over a 10 year period, with an intervention identified at the point of GDL implementation.ResultsAfter controlling for seasonal trends and auto-correlative effects, a significant reduction in the crash rate of and 16- and 17-year-old drivers was observed due to the GDL...
You probably know the statistics on teen driving. Over 50 percent of all teens who drive will have the experience of a car crash before high school graduation. Teen drivers have the highest crash rate of any age group of drivers in the United States, and in 2019, the latest year for whi...
Teenage crash reduction associated with delayed licensure in LouisianaR G UlmerD F PreusserS A FergusonA F WilliamsEffective July 1, 1993, Louisiana added a provision to its driver licensing law that requires 15-year-olds to complete 36 hours of driver education before they obtain driver's ...
Monday's daytime high temperature the warmest of the year thus far at 85 degrees. That means an increasing rate of snowmelt in the high country that will eventually reach rivers and creeks. The mountain runoff signifies increased recreation opportunities for rafters and tubers.Rescue...
·Don't tell children about the dangers of flying.2And you can promise him that the plane will not crash. ·Read a book to your children.3Reading may also make your children fall asleep. ·Bring a comfort thing that your child enjoys.4Be sure to bring that blanket along as it will ...
A study by Car and Driver magazine showed that texting and driving causes delays in reaction times that are up to 17.5 times more dangerous than drunk driving, and at that the chance of life threatening crash while texting and driving is up to 23 times more likely than during non distracted...
The pooled adjusted rate ratios for the association of GDL presence with crash rates was 0.78 (95% CI 0.72 to 0.84) for age 16 years, 0.94 (95% CI 0.93 to 0.96) for 17 and 1.00 (95% CI 0.95 to 1.04) for 18. The difference between these three rate ratios was statistically ...
Driver's licenseLearner's permitNighttime and passenger restrictionsObjectives: The objective of the current study was to quantify the effects of the strength of US state graduated driver licensing laws and specific licensing components on the rate of teenage driver fatal crash ...