Teenagers' licensing decisions and their views of licensing policies: A national survey

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 312-319

  Williams, Allan F ^a  

^a Windpath Healing Works LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Graduated licensing; Motor vehicle crashes; Surveys; Teenagers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENSING; MALE; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MALE; POLICY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79961230941     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2011.572100     Document Type: Article

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