Search form. Other Traffic Safety Laws. Related Articles Setting House Rules. Advocate for Better GDL. All but seven states have upgraded their original laws one or more times.
Very few states weakened their laws, usually in minor ways. In instances, minimum learner periods, minimum practice hour requirements, or night or passenger restrictions were added or strengthened. Research funded by the National Institutes of Health found that the most effective legislation had at least five of the following seven key elements:. However, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, if every state adopted the strictest limitations related to five components, the nation would reduce the number of crashes each year by more than 9, and save more than lives external icon.
CDC Teen Driving Data and Statistics Data and statistics about teen driving, including information about fatal teen crashes and teen seatbelt use. Teen Drivers: Fact Sheet Referenced web-based resource describing teenage driver risks and strategies to prevent injuries from crashes. Fatality Facts: Teenagers external icon Archived trend data from — describing characteristics associated with teenage driver and passenger fatalities.
Licensing Systems for Young Drivers external icon Summarizes US GDL laws with maps showing minimum ages for unrestricted licenses, nighttime driving, and passenger restrictions. Based on the existing statutes at the time of the study, the greatest benefit appeared to be in programs that included. If the trend continues, it will mark the first reversal of long-standing yearly declines in teen driver deaths since GDL laws have been implemented.
GDL Calculator external icon Uses research results to show how a state may change its current statute to improve fatal crash rates among young drivers. The calculator demonstrates that if every state adopted five of the seven GDL provisions into law, the result would be an additional lives saved and more than 9, crashes prevented each year.
New Jersey. New Jersey was an early state in the implementation of a GDL system. The stronger night and passenger restrictions were made effective in The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety - Highway Loss Data Institute - Teenagers site provides detailed information on GDL systems, including current specifications for all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and a crash reduction calculator, which illustrates how policy changes to specific GDL components might affect fatal teen crash rates.
The U. DOT reauthorization Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century MAP includes a grant program for states that certify that their GDL system contains certain provisions, including a teen driver education program and restrictions on nighttime driving , number of passengers, and cell phone use.
An evaluation of graduated driver licensing effects on fatal crash involvements of young drivers in the United States.
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