The Motor Vehicle Occupant Safety Survey (MVOSS) is a national telephone survey administered by NHTSA on a periodic basis to obtain data on attitudes, knowledge, and self-reported behavior primarily in areas of occupant protection. The sample is composed of randomly selected people 16 and older residing in the 50 States and the District of Columbia. People 16 to 39 are over-sampled to obtain more seat belt nonusers and more adults with children who should be using child restraints. The survey was first administered in 1994 and has been conducted five times since then. The most recent survey took place from January 9 to April 30, 2007. The MVOSS is composed of two questionnaires, each administered to approximately 6,000 people. Version 1 focuses on seat belt use. It also contains shorter modules on air bags, drinking and driving, and driving speed. Version 2 focuses on children's use of restraints when riding in motor vehicles. It also contains shorter modules on driver education and graduated driver licensing (GDL), air bags, emergency medical services (EMS), and use of wireless phones while driving. Both questionnaires include a series of questions on crash injury experience as well as questions collecting basic demographic information. Prior to each administration of the survey, the questionnaires are updated to address new issues of concern, delete obsolete items, and revise questions as needed. This Research Note summarizes selected results from the 2007 MVOSS. It focuses primarily on information collected regarding driver education and GDL. This was a new module introduced in 2007. The data are weighted to yield national estimates.


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    Title :

    2007 Motor Vehicle Occupant Safety Survey: Driver Education and Graduated Driver Licensing. Traffic Safety Facts. Research Note


    Contributors:
    A. W. Block (author) / S. Walker (author)

    Publication date :

    2008


    Size :

    8 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English