Does the Maryland graduated driver licensing law affect both 16-year-old drivers and those who share the road with them?

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 295-301

  Kirley, Bevan B ^a   Feller, Andrea ^a   Braver, Elisa ^a,b   Langenberg, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Graduated Driver Licensing; Injury Prevention; Teenage Drivers; Traffic Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; CRASHWORTHINESS; DIFFUSION IN GASES; DRIVER LICENSING; HEALTH; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROADS AND STREETS; VEHICLES;

CRASH INVOLVEMENT; ELSEVIER (CO); GRADUATED DRIVER LICENSING; GRADUATED DRIVER LICENSING (GDL); NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL (NSC); NON-FATAL; NON-FATAL INJURIES; ROAD USERS; VEHICLE OCCUPANTS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; DRIVER LICENCE; HUMAN; INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HUMANS; MARYLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 45449101313     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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