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Article: Restrictions Reduce Fatal Crashes for 16-Year-Olds; Study Finds Lower Risk in States That Set Strict Conditions Before Young Drivers Earn Licenses
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- The Washington Post
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- July 3, 2006
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Laws that set strict conditions before teenagers can get a license
can reduce fatal crashes involving 16-year-old drivers by up to 21
percent, public health researchers say.
Examples include restrictions on driving at night, requiring a
minimum number of hours of supervision by an adult driver and limits
on the number of passengers a teenage driver can have.
States with such conditions showed a decline in fatal crashes
involving 16-year-old drivers, according to a study being released
today by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in
Baltimore.
"We already knew that the programs reduced crash rates of young
drivers, but we didn't know which programs were most effective in ...