RTSSC Research Reports
Report Details

Title:	Young Driver Licensing
Publication Date:	May 2008
Type:	Issue Brief

Abstract

Traffic crashes are the leading cause of death for North Dakotans between the ages of 1 and 44 (Centers for Disease Control, 2008). Traffic fatalities account for 44 percent of all deaths and 75 percent of unintentional injury deaths for this age group.

Many states, however, have created a safer environment for teens by providing needed driving experience through graduated drivers licensing programs (GDL). "Graduated licensing is not designed to address deliberate risk behavior. Rather, it is aimed at the inexperience component in young drivers' crash risk" (Waller 2003).