read Read

e-mail E-mailprint Print

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.

For free access to this article, you must be a registered user of NAMIC Online.

Not a registered user of NAMIC Online. Register today, it's free.

Get access to complete news article archives, and have access to other special reports. Learn about the benefits of becoming a registered user.

Register Today
 

Login

Username:   

Password:   

Auto Login (recommended)

Request a username or password reminder

Help


powered by Google

Latest Reports and Studies

Illinois: Repeal of Medical Malpractice Caps to Increase Physician Liability Claim Costs 18 Percent (2/22/2010)

Report: 2009 Top Ten Property/Casualty EDB Performers Announced (10/23/2009)

Colorado State University Hurricane Forecast Team Slightly Lowers Forecast, Continues to Predict Below-Average Season (8/4/2009)

More...

Receive State-specific Updates

Receive e-mail updates from NAMIC Online regarding the states of most interest to you. You will only receive an e-mail when new stories are posted, and only for those states you select. No new news...no e-mail.

RSS

Archives 

Publications