A critical examination of the arguments against raising the car driver licensing age in New Zealand

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Begg, Dorothy ^a   Langley, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Driver licensing age; Graduated driver licensing; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; HUMAN; LICENSING; NEW ZEALAND; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HUMANS; LICENSURE; NEW ZEALAND; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 61449214312     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580802485904     Document Type: Article

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