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Teenage drivers: patterns of risk.

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Patterns of risk among teenage drivers form the basis for graduated licensing systems, which are designed to promote low-risk and discourage high-risk driving.
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This article is published in Journal of Safety Research.The article was published on 2003-01-30. It has received 725 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Graduated driver licensing & Risk assessment.

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Exemption of behind-the-wheel driving test for novice young drivers: a serious public health concern

TL;DR: The Governor of the State of Georgia, the United States, recently waived the behind-the-wheel road test requirement for novice drivers who had held a driving permit for a year, and many public health experts are concerned that this decision will have catastrophic consequences on road safety.
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Wisconsin's experience with the Graduated Driver Licensing Law.

TL;DR: Overall, negative attitudes, more than lack of knowledge, may weaken compliance with Wisconsin's GDL law and, in turn, limit the reduction of teen crashes.

Graduated Driver Licensing in Georgia. The Impact of the Teenage and Adult Driver Responsibility Act (TADRA)

TL;DR: The effectiveness of the Teenage and Adult Driver Responsibility Act (TADRA) passed by the Georgia legislature in 1997, in reducing fatal crashes among 16-year-old drivers was examined using the Fatality Reporting System as mentioned in this paper.
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Changes in collision rates among novice drivers during the first months of driving.

TL;DR: It was found that crash rates drop most dramatically during the first 6 months of driving, and a graduated driver licensing system is identified as an effective method for ensuring that this development takes place in a more forgiving environment.
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Carrying Passengers as a Risk Factor for Crashes Fatal to 16- and 17-Year-Old Drivers

TL;DR: The data indicate that the risk of fatal injury for a 16- or 17-year-old driver increases with the number of passengers, which supports inclusion of restrictions on carrying passengers in graduated licensing systems for young drivers.
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Alcohol-related relative risk of driver fatalities and driver involvement in fatal crashes in relation to driver age and gender: an update using 1996 data.

TL;DR: This is the first study that systematically estimated relative risk for drink-drivers with BACs between 0.08% and 0.10% (these relative risk estimates apply to BAC range midpoints at 0.09%.) the results clearly show that drivers with a BAC under 0.
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Driving experience, crashes and traffic citations of teenage beginning drivers

TL;DR: Self-reported crash involvements and citations were examined for each teenager's first year of licensure and first 3500 miles driven to find male gender, a lower GPA and living in a rural area were associated with a higher citation rate.
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The situational risks of young drivers: the influence of passengers, time of day and day of week on accident rates

TL;DR: The results indicate that the accident involvement rates of 16-19 year old drivers are higher than those of 20-24 and 25-59 year olds in all situations that were examined, but that they were disproportionately high on weekends, at nighttime and with passengers.
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