Reducing Fatal Crash Risk
Among Teenaged Drivers
Structuring an
Effective Graduated Licensing System
Robert D. Foss, PhD
MOTOR VEHICLE DEATH RATES IN THE UNITED
STATES have declined dramatically during the past 2 decades as a
result of technological improvements in vehicles and roadways,
increased seat belt use, and decreased alcohol-impaired driving.1
However, countering this trend, death rates for 16-year old
drivers have increased.2 Young beginning drivers
in the United States currently constitute a serious threat not
only to their own lives, but also to those of their passengers and
other motorists whim whom they share the roadways. A
substantial proportion of persons killed or injured in crashes
caused by 16-year old drivers are occupants of other vehicles.3
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