Young drivers (persons under the age of 25) are disproportionately involved in highway accidents. Members of this driver group represent about 21 percent of all license holders and are involved in nearly 38 percent of all fatal crashes. Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for young people between 16 and 24 years old, producing almost 50 percent of the deaths in this age group. Safety-related problems associated with this age group include lack of knowledge and skill, inexperience with driving, high level of risk taking (usually involving excessive speed), use of alcohol and other drugs, overexposure to night driving, failure to use safety belts, use of high risk vehicles, and problem personality factors. The primary countermeasure addressing these issues is high school driver education. A total of 16,857 out of 20,919 high schools in the U.S. offer driver education, with an enrollment of 3,227,259 students out of an eligible student population of 3,949,742. Over 50 percent of the States use successful completion of driver education as a condition for licensing minor age drivers. As of yet, there are no conclusive studies which indicate that high school driver education is or is not an effective driver safety education program. This report describes the history and current status of research in the field.


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    Title :

    Effectiveness and Efficiency in Driver Education Programs


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    Publication date :

    1982


    Size :

    92 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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