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posted on September 9, 2008
New Study Suggests Putting Off Driver Licensure to Save Lives
Most U.S. states allow driving at age 16, 16-and-a-half, or somewhere in between. A new Insurance Institute for Highway Safety report focuses on the costs in terms of lives of allowing licensure sooner rather than later. The message is that licensing at later ages would substantially reduce crashes involving teen drivers. The same conclusion has been reached in other countries; teens in Great Britain and most Australian states can't get their licenses until they turn 17, for example. In most European Union countries it's 18. The Institute's new report is being released at the annual meeting of the Governors Highway Safety Association.
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