New Jersey's License Plate Decal Requirement for Graduated Driver Licenses: Attitudes of Parents and Teenagers, Observed Decal Use, and Citations for Teenage Driving Violations

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 244-258

  McCartt, Anne T ^a   Oesch, Nathan J ^a   Williams, Allan F ^b   Powell, Tara Casanova ^c  

^a Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ^*  (United States)

^b Allan F Williams LLC   (United States)

^c Preusser Research Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

graduated driver licensing; license decals; teenage drivers; teenage licensing laws

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENSING; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LICENSURE; MALE; NEW JERSEY; PARENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84876312536     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2012.701786     Document Type: Article

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